With regulatory changes aimed at fighting fraud from abroad, holes in the system within our own borders still exist.
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With regulatory changes aimed at fighting fraud from abroad, holes in the system within our own borders still exist.
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Sourcing legitimate organic corn and soy is one of the real challenges for organic animal operators.
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The USDA has published a list of international and domestic businesses it claims are using fraudulent organic program certificates. But as I wrote about in last week’s Organic Insider, the problem is nowhere close to being solved.
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Proposed instructions on how to crack down on fraudulent organic grains from abroad may not be not strong enough to protect the integrity of organic.
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The USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture has awarded $20 million in grants to fund research into improving production methods for organic food and feed.
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The USDA has told the National Organic Standards Board to make recommendations about ways to crack down on organic fraud. Meanwhile, the Cornucopia Institute has filed its own formal petition with ways to improve import scrutiny.
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