The new Ministerial Decree No. 323651 of 18 July 2024: An Unreasonable Punitive System for Biologicals

On 1 January, a ministerial decree from July 2024 came into force that is unreasonably punitive towards the organic world. These are measures that control bodies must enforce against operators found to be non-compliant.

The DM suffocates virtuous operators under the weight of unsustainable legal and economic uncertainty. If the control system becomes a minefield of punitive bureaucracy and rising costs, the flight from organic farming will no longer be a hypothesis, but a necessity for many companies. A corrective that restores balance and proportionality is urgently needed, so that supervision remains an added value for the consumer and not a death sentence for producers.