Rules have changed for the organic food industry as of March 19. The National Organic Program (NOP) says new regulations are now closing the gap that allowed non-certified organic suppliers to ...

The USDA's National Organic Program has embarked on a mission to fortify oversight and enforcement in producing, handling, and selling organic products. While the rhetoric espouses the protection and ...

The U.S. National Organic Program (NOP) was established in 1990 as part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). The mission of AMS is to ...

This article is part one of three in a series on organic foods published by Food Sentry.This entry was originally published on Feb. 6, 2013. Over the past decade, it’s apparent that a lot of the ...

The National Organic Program must be sensing increasing numbers of small farmers turning away from the USDA's certified organic program. Many are instead choosing other varies of "agroecology ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 22, 2024) Today, Monday, January 22, is the last day for public comment on a three-year extension of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (through its Agricultural Marketing ...

Requiring NOP Import Certificates for all organic imports. Requiring organic identification on nonretail containers. Increasing authority for more rigorous on-site inspections of certified operations.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) final rule represents the biggest change to the National Organic Program (NOP) since its founding in 2001 ...

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 4, 2024) - Nevada Organic Phosphate Inc. (CSE: NOP) ("NOP" or the "Company), a B.C. based company engaged in the exploration for organic ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 11, 2024 / As the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) final rule's implementation deadline of March 19, 2024 ...

OCal is a unique term for commercial cannabis products in California, comparable to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program (NOP) and the California Organic Food and ...