China Green Food Development Center

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The China Green Food Development Center (CGFDC) is the first agency in the People's Republic of China to oversee organic food standards. The Center was established in November 1992, under the jurisdiction of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, and is headquartered in Beijing.

The CGFDC oversees two Green Food Standards: A (which allows some use synthetic agricultural chemicals) and AA (which is more stringent, allowing less use of such chemicals, and is consequently less popular with agricultural producers).

[edit] External links

• China Green Food Development Center official site (Chinese)
• "Pathbreaking Newsletter Promotes Development of Organic Sector in China", by Lila Buckley, February 28, 2006
• "The Movement Toward Organic Herb Cultivation in China", by Subhuti Dharmananda
• Description of center

[edit] See also

• Organic certification