Agricultural and cattle breeding methods

	COMMON PRODUCTS			BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS
	Manuring: fertilisers are mostly used			Use of organic manure and green manuring
	Use of toxic pesticides			Vegetable, non-toxic crop protection (e.g., ichneumon wasps)
	Monoculture, resulting in soil depletion			Other crops are regularly grown in the same plot
	Very often animal-unfriendly breeding (battery cages, pig breeding industry…)			The animals have their own space, usually very animal-friendly
	The origin and composition of the fodder are almost always unknown			Use of biological fodder

Production of the product

	COMMON PRODUCTS			BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS
	Use of chemical aromatic substances, colourings and flavourings			No use of aromatic substances, colourings and flavourings
	Use of chemical preservatives			No use of preservatives

Legislation

	COMMON PRODUCTS			BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS
	Control by the ministry of agriculture			Control by the ministry of agriculture and, in addition, control by a ministry-approved body for the biological origins of the raw materials
				It is this organisation which issues the hallmark for a biological product    For Belgium: BLIK    For the Netherlands: Eco-Skal