Notices to Trade

07-18-2018Joint Letter to PACA Licensees, Organic Labels Must Be Removed from Fumigated Imports
05-11-2018USDA Finds Lack of Consensus Among Farmers for a New Organic Marketing Board
11-09-2017Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Delay of Effective Date
04-03-2017Confinement of Organic Poultry due to risk of Avian Influenza
03-17-2017USDA Publishes 2017 National Organic Standards Board Meeting Proposals and Discussion Documents
03-16-2017USDA Publishes 2017 Sunset Review Notice
01-17-2017USDA Publishes 2017 Sunset Review Proposed Rule
01-10-2017USDA Issues Import Guidance for Organic Products Shipped from Mexico
12-27-2016USDA Develops Program to Assess Animal Welfare Standards and Programs
12-22-2016USDA Implements Import Certificate Requirement for Organic Products Shipped from Mexico
12-19-2016USDA Reauthorizes the California State Organic Program
12-05-2016USDA Issues Draft Guidance on Calculating Organic Percentage; Invites Public Comment
12-02-2016USDA Issues Final Guidance on Materials for Organic Crop Production
09-30-2016USDA and the Federal Trade Commission Issue Agenda for Roundtable on Consumer Perceptions of Organic Claims
09-26-2016USDA Publishes 2016 National Organic Standards Board Meeting Proposals and Discussion Documents
09-19-2016USDA Issues Policy Memo to Ensure Consistency between Labeling Programs
08-30-2016USDA Publishes Treated Lumber Draft Guidance for Organic Operations; Invites Public Comments
08-30-2016USDA Issues Interim Instruction on Organic Material Review; Invites Public Comments
08-18-2016USDA to Address Green Waste Compost Ruling
08-11-2016FTC and USDA to Host Roundtable to Examine Consumer Perceptions of “Organic” Claims for Non-Agricultural Products
08-03-2016USDA Removes Substances from National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances in Organic Agriculture
08-02-2016USDA Releases Organic Noncompliance and Adverse Action Flow Chart
07-21-2016Organic Hydroponic and Aquaponic Task Force Report
07-13-2016USDA Reminds Organic Importers of Requirements
07-12-2016USDA Issues Response to National Organic Standards Board Recommendations