The OLPS Rule follows USDA’s Strengthening Organic Enforcement Final Rule (SOE Rule) that was issued earlier this year and for which compliance is required by March 19, 2024. The SOE Rule is the NOP’s ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is helping farms and food handling operations get their organic certification. “Costs associated with obtaining organic ...
The Department of Agriculture has unveiled new regulations designed to protect the integrity of USDA’s organic seal and deter and detect organic fraud throughout the supply chain. USDA Undersecretary ...
Under trademark law, USDA may seek civil remedies, including injunctive relief and monetary damages, when products use the ...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Monday announced details of an up to $300 million investment in the Organic Transition Initiative, a move aimed at boosting revenue streams for ...
The USDA’s wide-sweeping regulatory update may affect your company, even if it is only a small ingredient in the multi-billion dollar organic foods supply chain. On January 18, 2023, the USDA National ...
A herd of about 50 cows on an organic dairy farm in Morristown, Vermont, earlier this month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided to close a loophole in the National Organic Program, a ...
The U.S Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service and it’s National Organic Program, have announced a public listening session for stakeholders to share their recommendations on the ...
Since the Biden administration took the reins in January, animal welfare and organic farming advocates have resumed their push to reinstate the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) rule ...
(Beyond Pesticides, August 2, 2021) One reason to eat organic food is to join with a crucial national and global campaign to eliminate toxic, petroleum-based pesticides and fertilizers and protect ...