Organic salmon certifier forced to share findings amid claims consumers misled

Organic farmed salmon off the Western Isles, Scotland. Photograph: John Angerson/Alamy

Campaigners have forced the Soil Association to reveal its salmon farm inspection reports, amid claims that certifying the farmed fish as “organic” is misleading to consumers.

The Soil Association’s Organic scheme, the UK’s oldest and most widely recognised organic certification, defines organic farming as “using methods that benefit our whole food system, from people to planet, plant health to animal welfare.”