EN   EN 
 
 
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2022) XXX  draft 
ANNEX  
 
ANNEXES  
to 
Commission Delegated Regulation  
amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards detailed production rules for organic sea salt and other organic salts for food 
and feed   EN 1  EN ANNEX  
In Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 , the following Part VIII is added :  
 
‘Part VIII: Sea salt and other salts for food and feed  
In addition  to the production rules laid down in Articles 9 to 11 , the rules set out in this Part 
shall apply to the organic production of sea salt and other salts for food and feed.  
 
1. General requirements   
1.1. Organic s alt shall be obtained from the sea, from rock salt d eposits, from natural 
brine or from salt lakes. It shall not be a synthetic product of chemical reactions or 
made from effluents from the chemical industry, desalination plants, a potash 
flotation process, or by synthetic chemical reactions.  
1.2. Production and preparation shall be conducted  in locations that are not subject to 
contamination with products or substances not authorised for use in organic 
production, or with pollutants that would compromise the organic nature of the 
products . 
1.3. Operators shall provide  an environmental assessment to the competent authority, or, 
where appropriate, the control authority or control body. The content of the 
environmental assessment shall be based on Annex IV to Directive 2011/92/EU of 
the European Parliament and of t he Council1. 
1.4. Salt production and preparation techniques shall prevent or minimise any 
contamination of the environment, and, where appropriate, should contribute to 
biodiversity preservation and the sustainable use of resources.  
1.5. Operator s that produce salt  shall comply with a conversion period of at least  6 
months  before the production of organic salt. During that conversion period , they 
shall apply the rules on organic production laid down in this Regulation.  
1.6. Salt preparation shall comply with the principles of good manufacturing practice . 
1.7. Operators preparing salt shall establish and update appropriate procedures based on a 
systematic identification of critical processing steps.  
1.8. The application of the procedures referred to in point 1.7 shall ensure  that the salt 
compl ies with this Regulation.  
1.9. When implementing the procedures referred to in point 1.7, without prejudice to 
Article 28, operators shall in particular:  
(a) take precautionary measures and keep records of those measures;  
(b) implement suitable clea ning measures, monitor their effectiveness and keep 
records of those operations;  
(c) guarantee that non -organic salt is not placed on the market with an indication 
referring to organic production.  
                                                 
1 Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the 
assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ L 26, 28.1.2012, 
p. 1). EN 2  EN 1.10. The preparation  of organic, in -conversion and non -organic salt shall be kept separate 
from each other in time or space. Where organic, in -conversion and non -organic salt, 
in any combination, are prepared or stored in the same preparation unit, the operator 
shall:  
(a) inform the competent authority, or, where appropriate, the control authority or 
control body;  
(b) carry out the operations continuously until the preparation  run has been 
completed, separately in time or space , from similar operations performed on 
any other kind of s alt (organic, in -conversion or non -organic);  
(c) store organic, in -conversion and non -organic salt, before and after the 
operations, separate from each other  in time or space ; 
(d) keep available an updated register of all operations and quantities prepared or 
processed;  
(e) take the necessary measures to ensure identification of lots and to avoid 
mixtures or exchanges between organic, in -conversion and non -organic salt;  
(f) carry out operations on organic or in -conversion salt only after suitable 
cleaning of the equipment.  
1.11. Products, substances and techniques that reconstitute properties that are lost in the 
processing and storage of organic salt, that correct the results of negligence in the 
preparation or the processing of organic salt , or that otherwise may be misleading as 
to the true nature of salt intended to be marketed as organic, shall not be used.  
2. Specific requirements for the production and preparation of salt  
2.1. The use of the following practices, processes , treatments and techniques  shall be  
prohibited:  
(a) rock salt mi ning by using explosives;  
(b) solution mining or artificial dissolution of rock salt on surface;  
(c) upgrading of salt by flotation, electrostatic separation, thermo -adhesive 
separation or heavy -media  separation;  
(d) processing methods that reconstitute the previous solid form after artificial 
dissolution  such as recrystallisation ; 
(e) drying of salt by use of non -renewable energy;  
(f) use of plastic liners as the contact layer of the bottom of the evaporation and 
crystalliser  pond;  
(g) the techniques for the preparation of salt for food that are prohibited pursuant 
to the implementing acts adopted in accordance with Article 16(3);  
(h) the techniques for the preparation of salt for feed that are prohibited pursuant to 
the implementing acts adopted in accordance with Article 17(3).  
2.2. The following conditions shall apply to the composition of products where organic 
salt is the main ingredient:  
(a) the salt complies with the rules laid down in this Annex and  represents more 
than 50% of the dry matter by weight ; 
(b) all of the ingredients of agricultural origin that are added to the salt are organic ; EN 3  EN (c) non-organic salt shall not be present together with organic salt ; 
(d) in-conversion salt shall not be present together with organic or non -organic 
salt. 
2.3. Use of certain products and substances in the preparation of organic salt 
2.3.1.  Additives and processing aids shall not be used.  
2.3.2.  Minerals shall not be added  in salt for food , except iodine.  
2.3.3.  Any feed materials used in salt for feed shall not have been processed with  the aid of 
chemically synthesised solvents.  
2.3.4.  Only the products authorised pursuant to Article 24 for  cleaning and disinfection in 
processing and storage facilities shall be used for that purpose.  Operators shall keep 
records of the use of those products, i ncluding the date or dates on which each 
product was used, the name of the product, its active substances, and the location of 
such use.  
2.4. Operators shall keep records of any input  used in salt production. In the case of 
production of composite salt for food  or feed , complete recipes  or formulae showing 
the quantities of input and output shall be kept available for the competent authority 
or, where appropriate, the control authority or control body .’