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	AB (Agriculture Biologique) France · Tier 2 Trusted	BioGro New Zealand New Zealand · Tier 1 Gold	Soil Association Organic United Kingdom · Tier 2 Trusted
What it means	France's national organic mark, owned by the Ministry of Agriculture. Sits alongside the EU Leaf on virtually all French organic packaging.	New Zealand's largest organic certifier. Recognised by the EU, US, and Japan under their respective import-equivalence regimes.	The UK's largest organic certifier. Standards are stricter than the UK government's baseline (which still mirrors EU 2018/848 post-Brexit). Recognised by the EU and USA under equivalence.
Scope	Food	Several categories	Several categories
Established	1985	1983	1946
Inspection	Annual on-site by French-accredited certifiers	Annual on-site, IFOAM-accredited	Annual on-site, UKAS-accredited
Residue testing	Risk-based	Risk-based	Risk-based
Guarantees	EU baseline organic (EU 2018/848). Annual on-site inspection by accredited French certifiers (Ecocert, Bureau Veritas, Qualité-France).	≥95% organic ingredients. No synthetic pesticides, no GMOs. Annual on-site inspection. Covers food, textiles, and personal care under separate standards.	Stricter-than-baseline organic standards across food, textiles, cosmetics, and farming. Annual on-site inspection. Animal welfare standards (outdoor access, lower stocking density).
Does NOT	Same standard as the EU Leaf — AB is the brand consumers recognise, not a stricter rule.	New Zealand has no single legally-mandated 'organic' definition — voluntary certification is the norm.	Logo is trademarked — not a free-licence mark.

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