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Tier 2 — TrustedFrance· Europe
AB (Agriculture Biologique)
France's national organic mark, owned by the Ministry of Agriculture. Sits alongside the EU Leaf on virtually all French organic packaging.
Official siteWhat it guarantees
- ●EU baseline organic (EU 2018/848).
- ●Annual on-site inspection by accredited French certifiers (Ecocert, Bureau Veritas, Qualité-France).
What it does NOT
- ○Same standard as the EU Leaf — AB is the brand consumers recognise, not a stricter rule.
Inspection
Annual on-site by French-accredited certifiers
Residue testing
Risk-based
Established
1985
Body type
Government body
Scope
Food
Trust tier
Private body with government oversight, holding to standards stricter than the regional baseline.
Recognised alongside
These certifications mutually recognise AB France under their import-equivalence agreements, so a product carrying one mark is broadly acceptable to the others.
