British organic food sales up 22 percent in 2006

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LONDON (AFP) — Organic product sales in Britain grew 22 percent in 2006 from 2005, challenging the country's capacity to meet domestic demand for organic goods, a report published Saturday said.

"Strong growth and dynamic public support for organic food, drink, textiles and health and beauty products," had made the British organic market the third-largest in Europe after Germany and Italy, according to a report by organic organisation Soil Association

Organic products make up 1.6 of the food market in Britain and sales hit two billion pounds (2.95 billion Euros, 4 billion dollars) for the first time in 2006, it added.

One issue of concern was the lack of domestically-grown organic cereals, causing British farms to look overseas for cattle grain.

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