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National organics meeting begins today; watch by Zoom or listen by phone

By News Desk on October 13, 2021

Today marks the beginning of the semi-annual meeting of the National Organic Standards Board, which advises the USDA’s National Organic Program on policies and regulations.

The five-day meeting will be live online with a…
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Company recalls tofu in Quebec because of potential for Listeria contamination

By News Desk on September 25, 2021

Unisoya Inc. is recalling Unisoya brand organic tofu, “Fine Herbs,” from the marketplace because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. 

Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

“This recall was triggered by the company.
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Apricot kernels with excessive levels of toxin recalled; cyanide risk cited

By News Desk on March 11, 2021

Advantage Health Matters Inc. is recalling Organic Traditions brand dried bitter apricot kernels from retailers nationwide in Canada because of excessive levels of a natural toxin that can cause cyanide poisoning.

Some of the apricot…
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Even a small farm needs a strong food safety plan and legal protection for it

By Cookson Beecher on January 21, 2021
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She can grow some mean salad greens. “So healthy for you and your family,” she’ll cheerfully tell the customer who makes regular stops at her booth at the local farmers market.

At another booth,…
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Organic growers say it is in their economic interest to stay grounded in soil

By Dan Flynn on March 9, 2020

Federal Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler is a former assistant U.S. attorney who spent much of her career as a top prosecutor for major federal crimes. Her latest assignment as Magistrate for the U.S. District Court…
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Potential for botulism prompts company to recall ‘natural’ baby and toddler foods

By News Desk on February 15, 2019

Two new mothers who founded a baby food company in 2018 are recalling 11 products because Canadian inspectors found they could permit growth of the bacteria that causes botulism. There are no identifying codes on…
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Organic industry is not giving hydroponic, aquaponic growers a warm embrace

By Dan Flynn on February 8, 2019

Some fresh produce from hydroponic growers has been approved for and is being sold under USDA’s organic seal, but farmers who grow their organic crops in the soil don’t like the competition.

The litigious Center…
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USDA’s organic enforcement efforts find fraudulent certificates

By Dan Flynn on December 5, 2017

The USDA’s National Organic Program completed more complaint reviews and investigations that it received in 2017.  It finished work on 462 reviews and investigations while receiving 379 incoming complaints during the fiscal year 2017 ending…
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Controversy Erupts Over Process of Allowing Non-Organics in Organic Agriculture

By Cookson Beecher on May 12, 2014

Rumblings over a new USDA policy about which synthetic (non-organic) materials can be used in organic agriculture sparked heated blowback on legal and political fronts during a four-day meeting late last month of the National …
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‘Historic Wins’ for Organic Industry in New Farm Bill

By Cookson Beecher on April 2, 2014

“Like being thrown under the bus” was how organic farmers and others in the industry described their fate a little more than a year ago when Congress failed to agree on a new farm bill…

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