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  • On May 7, 2020, the National Organic Coalition and the Organic Farmers Association sent a letter to congressional leaders urging Congress to include targeted support for the industry within the

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Continue Reading National Organic Coalition and Organic Farmers Association Ask Congress to Provide COVID-19 Relief and to Press USDA to Finalize Critical Regulations

  • The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is responsible for maintaining the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (the “National List”) for organic handling and

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Continue Reading USDA Publishes Final Rule Amending the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances for Organic Handling or Production

  • In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Dr. Henry Miller, the former founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology, criticizes FDA as giving organic food labeling and advertisement “a complete

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Continue Reading Former Director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology Pens Op-Ed Criticizing FDA Enforcement on Organic Labeling, FDA Commissioner Pledges to Look at Labeling Claims in Organics

 

  • The public comment period for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) proposed rule describing 35 amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances

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Continue Reading Reopening of Public Comment Period for USDA’s Proposed Amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances under the Organic Foods Production Act