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	EU Ecolabel (Flower) European Union · Tier 3 Specialty	Tún (Iceland) Iceland · Tier 1 Gold	Bioland Germany · Tier 2 Trusted	Non-GMO Project Verified United States · Tier 3 Specialty
What it means	The European Commission's voluntary environmental label. Covers cleaning products, paper, textiles, electronics, accommodation services. NOT an organic mark.	Vottunarstofan Tún is Iceland's only accredited organic certifier. Accredited by MAST (Matvælastofnun) under the EU 2018/848-equivalent Icelandic standard, so a Tún-certified product is also recognised as EU-organic.	Germany's largest organic farmers' association. Bioland-certified farms operate to a stricter private standard than the EU baseline.	North America's leading 'no genetically modified organisms' certification. Tests for the presence of GMOs in finished products. NOT organic.
Scope	Several categories	Food	Food	Food
Established	1992	1994	1971	2010
Inspection	Annual audit by national Ecolabel competent body	Annual on-site, MAST-accredited	Annual on-site by Bioland-accredited inspectors	Annual third-party audit + lab testing
Residue testing	Per-category limits	Required for at-risk operations	Required	GMO testing only (not pesticide)
Guarantees	Lifecycle-based environmental criteria per product category. Restrictions on hazardous chemicals. Annual licence renewal with audit.	≥95% organic ingredients per EU rules. No synthetic pesticides, no GMOs. Annual on-site inspection. Animal welfare standards (outdoor / pasture access, geothermally-warmed greenhouse compatibility for vegetables).	Whole-farm conversion (no parallel conventional production). Lower permitted nitrogen inputs than EU baseline. Animal welfare standards stricter than EU baseline. Annual on-site inspection.	Verified absence of GMO ingredients (with action thresholds, not zero tolerance). Annual third-party verification. Tracing and segregation across the supply chain.
Does NOT	Doesn't apply to food. Doesn't mean organic.	There aren't many Tún-certified operations (~120–160) — coverage in the Icelandic market is narrower than in the EU mainland.	Like Naturland, membership-based — only Bioland-association farms can use the mark.	Doesn't mean organic — Non-GMO products can use synthetic pesticides and fertilizers freely.

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