Brazilians participate in world's largest fair of organic products

09/02/2003 - 20h22

Brasília, February 10, 2003 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - Producers linked to regional marketing agencies (Arcos), particularly those located in the Amazon region (Arcoamazon), will take part in the largest show of organic products in the world, the Biofach, in Nuremberg, Germany, from February 13-16. 57 countries will be represented at this year's fair by 1,921 exhibitors, who will show food, textile, and cosmetics products, among others.

One of the prerequisites for participation in the Biofach is certification that the product is organic, a process that confers on the product a seal of quality for organic products markets throughout the world. Many of the Arcos's products are on their way to obtaining certification - which indicates that the Arcos will expand their participation in organic products fairs in the near future.

The event will also serve for market prospecting, to size up their receptivity to the products of Brazilian family agro-industry. (DAS)