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Soil Association to Withdraw Its Logo From Organic Farmed Salmon After a Two-Year Review
Campaigners said welfare and environmental failures made the organic label untenable, as the charity said evidence no longer supported certification.
- The Soil Association announced on November 11 that it will end organic certification for farmed salmon, setting a 2028 deadline for processors to remove the logo from packaging.
- Soil Association Chief Executive Helen Browning stated a two-year review concluded environmental and welfare outcomes failed to meet the charity's "high bar" despite 20 years of work in the sector.
- Campaigners including Chris Packham and Dale Vince previously urged withdrawal, citing concerns that farms "continue to discharge waste directly into coastal waters, intensify sea lice pressures on wild fish" and risk wild salmon populations.
- Salmon Scotland stated the industry remains assured by the Government that farms will continue assessment against organic standards, allowing consumers to purchase Scottish organic salmon with continued confidence.
- Although Nick Measham of WildFish welcomed the move, the Soil Association decision leaves open the possibility that another certification body could eventually step in to fill the role.
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The Independent (US)British salmon to lose organic status in blow to the fishing industry
The Soil Association withdrew the ‘high bar’ status from British salmon after more than two decades of work
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