The treatment of animals in organic farming is regulated in EU Regulations 834/2007 and 889/2008. Questions about the interpretation of individual passages often arise. EU law must be brought into line with national regulations and points that are not or inadequately regulated must be interpreted. A group of experts consisting of veterinarians, lawyers and consultants is developing a guide that is discussed and approved by the responsible people in the ministries, at BIO Austria and in the control bodies.

Priority topics are:

• Legal basis for the use of medicines in organic farming
• homeopathy
• Phytotherapy
• Use of additional feed and home remedies
• Use of anti-parasitic agents
• Cleaning and disinfection