The U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations — and its green-and-white "USDA organic" seal — were supposed to replace a patchwork of state and industry rules, giving consumers confidence ...

The food industry cites consumer research to support its claimthat the special USDA seal that would go on the labels of organicproducts may lead consumers to believe that the organic productsare ...

Learn more. Yes, if a packaged item carries the Department of Agriculture organic seal, it must meet the USDA's standards. Among other things, these require that crops be grown without most ...

The Hauppauge wholesaler of oils and Mediterranean foods invested nearly a year and more than $200,000 to obtain a voluntary USDA quality monitoring seal designed to assure consumers its olive oil ...

Given the disagreements over organic standards, the Real Organic Project says it is working on a label that it hopes would be an add-on to the USDA seal and indicate that additional rules were met ...

WASHINGTON — The government is reversing its decision to yank the "USDA Organic" seal from lotions and lip balms and will now allow cosmetics to carry the round, green label. An organic soap ...