Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Section 3 of Republic Act No. 10068 is hereby amended, to read as follows:

"Section 3.Definition of Terms.- For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

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(c)Organic production system is a system designed to:

(1) Enhance biological diversity within he whole system;

(2) Increase soil biological activity;

(3) Maintain long-term soil fertility;

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(h)Certificationis the procedure by which a government agency or an organic certifying body (OCB) provides written or equivalent assurance that farms, or production and processing systems, conform to organic standards as mandated in this Act.

(i)Accreditationis the procedure by which a government agency having jurisdiction formally recognize the competence of an OCB to provide inspection and certification services. This shall be solely and exclusively exercised by the designated agency or agencies in this Act, pursuant to the mandates stated herein.

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(o)Inspectionis the examination of farms, food and non-food products, food control systems, raw materials, processing, distribution and retailing, including in-process and finished product testing, in order to verify that they conform to the requirements for being organic. Inspection includes the examination of the production and processing systems.

(p)Organic bio-control agentsrefer to organisms and their associated metabolites as well as naturally occurring substances that control pests and diseases. These are classified as botanicals, macrobials, microbials, and semichemicals.

(q)Organic Certifying Body (OCB)refers to a legal entity accredited by a government agency to perform inspection and certification activities. It is responsible for verifying that a product sold or labeled as "organic" is produced, processed, prepared, or handled according to relevant guidelines.

(r)Organic soil amendmentsrefer to all the products within the scope of the Philippine national standard, i.e. organic fertilizers, compost/soil conditioner, microbial inoculants, and organic plant supplements that are added to the soil to improve its physical properties.

(s)Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)refers to a locally-focused quality assurance system which is developed and practiced by people actually engaged in organic agriculture, It is built on a foundation of trust, social network, and knowledge exchange. It is used to certify producers and farmers as actual and active practitioners of organic agriculture.

(t)PGS grouprefers to a legal association or cooperative of registered farmer members and other stakeholders in a participatory guarantee system

(u)Core PGS grouprefers to the basic grouping unit in the PGS.

(v)Participatory Organic Certificaterefers to a documentary proof that a core PGS group is compliant with the requirements, standards and norms of organic farming/agriculture. It shall be issued by a government agency or by an authorized OCB, after the conduct of an investigation and certification activity on the application for certification by the core PGS group. It shall have a validity of three (3) years.

(w)Small farmer/fisherfolkrefers to those utilizing not more than five (5) hectares of land for the single purpose of, or a combination of the following purposes for, agricultural crop production, including rice and corn, aquaculture, and poultry/livestock raising:Provided,That poultry/livestock raising shall not have more than the following:

* Poultry - 1,000 poultry layers or 5,000 broilers

* Swine/native pigs - 10 sow level or 20 fatteners

* Cattle - 10 fatteners or 5 breeders

* Dairy - 10 milking cows

* Goat, sheep and other small ruminants - 50 heads

* Other animals permitted to be raised, the limits of which are to be determined by the National Organic Agriculture Board (NOAB).

(x)Organic value chainrefers to agriculture-related activities that put farmers, processors, distributors and consumers within a system that produces, processes, transports, markets and distributes organic agricultural products."