Biden Administration Reveals Plans to Fight ‘Organic Fraud’

Biden Administration Reveals Plans to Fight ‘Organic Fraud’

Biden Administration Reveals Plans , to Fight ‘Organic Fraud’.

Biden Administration Reveals Plans , to Fight ‘Organic Fraud’.

Fox News reports that on Jan.

19, the USDA updated its organic food label regulations.

This update to the USDA organic regulations strengthens oversight and enforcement of the production, handling, and sale of organic products, USDA, via statement.

The new rules mark the "biggest update to organic regulations" since 1990.

The USDA said it hopes to offer , "a significant increase in oversight and enforcement authority to reinforce the trust of consumers, farmers and those transitioning to organic production.".

Protecting and growing the organic sector and the trusted USDA organic seal is a key part of the USDA Food Systems Transformation initiative, Jenny Lester Moffitt, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, via statement.

Fox News reports that the Organic Trade Association was happy to see the new rules put in place.

[The policy] will have significant and far-reaching impacts on the organic sector and will do much to deter and detect organic fraud and protect organic integrity throughout the supply chain, Organic Trade Association, via statement.

Fox News reports that recently, two farmers in Minnesota were charged with , allegedly selling over $46 million worth of "organic" crops that were actually chemically-treated between 2014 and 2021.

This rule includes more robust traceability and verification practices that would have helped identify and stop this type of fraud earlier, preventing further sale of the fraudulent products and reducing the impact of the fraud, USDA, via notice