A draft law has been initiated in Kyrgyzstan aimed at protecting the rights of consumers purchasing organic products. This document, prepared by Deputy Mahabat Mavlyanova, is currently being discussed at public forums. One of the key initiatives is to increase the responsibility of producers for potentially misleading consumers regarding the ecological purity of their goods.
The proposal includes amendments to the existing Law "On Consumer Rights Protection" and the Code of Offenses. One of the main points will be a strict ban on placing any symbols, signs, and pictograms on the packaging of inorganic products that resemble the national logo for organic products. This measure is aimed at combating the practice of "greenwashing," where ordinary goods are presented as environmentally friendly to increase their market value.
In addition to prohibitive norms, the draft law requires sellers to provide the public with accurate information about the properties of certified organic products. Consumers need to know that such farms exclude the use of GMOs, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, as well as artificial colorants and growth stimulants.
The authors of the initiative emphasize that the adoption of this law will be an important step towards strengthening food security in the country and will increase trust in local brands in international markets. The new rules will create equal conditions for honest farmers and protect consumers from overpaying for counterfeit organic products.
