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In Upper Austria, more than 9,200 farms are part of the AMA seal of approval program, with 41,000 around a third of all farmers in Austria. This year there were already 46 exclusions due to misconduct, ten of which affected Upper Austrian companies Christina Mutenthaler-Sipek. The managing director of AMA Marketing, who is responsible for public relations and quality assurance for the seal of approval, was a guest at a workshop at the Chamber of Agriculture in Linz on Wednesday. Problem cases would be in the per thousand range – in 2022 a total of 59 companies were excluded. “No control system can monitor 24 hours a day,” says Mutenthaler-Sipek. However, the number of checks was increased by ten percent to around 20,000. The number of checks carried out can be tracked on haltung.at. In 2024 there will be an AMA seal of approval for bread and baked goods for the first time.
Source: Nachrichten
