Proposed new federal standards are seeking to prevent organic fraud, reports Food Dive. The proposed standards, which were published in the Federal Register on August 5, seek to prevent fraud by requiring more parties in the supply chain to obtain organic certification, requiring import certificates for products produced abroad, making unannounced inspections more frequent, increasing inspector qualifications, adding more data reporting requirements, and strengthening prevention.
Current standards were published in 2000, when the organic supply chain was less complex. According to the Federal Register, “The growth and complexity of the modern organic industry has exposed the limitations of the current organic regulations, revealing gaps in oversight and enforcement that the original regulations do not address.”
The proposed standards are open for public comment through October 5. Full Story
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