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维普资讯 农产食品科技 2007，l(4 ：二 cuhuralFoodProductsScienceandTec OrganicFoodIndustryinAustralia LU B1n DrBinLu，ManagerMarketDevelopment，StateGovernmentofVictoria，Australia bles，meatfrom variousanimals，dairyproducts， Intr0ducti0n cereals，wines，oilseeds，plantand animalfibres， ThemodernorganicmovementbeganinEurope andhealthandbodycareproducts． around the 1920’s，when a group offarmersand Currently，Australia，theUnited States，the consumerssoughtan alternativetotheindustrial— European Union and Japan allhave theirown ization ofagriculture．The importance to those nationalstandardsfororganiccertification．These farmersandconsumerswascaringforthesoiland standardsprovide theminimum requirementsfor naturalprocessesuponwhichagriculturedepends， theproduction，processingandlabellingoforganic includingnotusinginputssuchasartificialfertil—— products and are equivalent to one another in izersandsyntheticchemicals maJoraspects．WhatisdifferentinAustralia is W orldwide demand for organic foods has thatwhile the nationalorganic standards in the expanded quickly in thepastdecade，stimulated United States，the European Union and Japan byconsumerperceptionsthatorganicproductsare apply equally to exports， domestic sales，and better for the environmentand personalhealth． imports，Australia’sNationalStandard forOrganic Consumers are paying premiums for organic andBiodynamicProduce (hereafterreferredtoas products，rangingfrom 20to200percentoverthe theNationalStandard)appliesonlytoexports．