We take false
claims of organic certification seriously and follow them up immediately.
Not exact matches
According to Abadee, the high demand coming from manufacturers for
organic pea protein has spurred questions
of legitimacy over
certification claims.
The Rodale Institute ® and California Certified
Organic Farmers (CCOF) were among the first groups offering American
organic certification, as buyers and farmers increasingly demanded uniform verified evidence for
organic claims and a definition
of what «
organic» meant.
As a member
of the NSF International family
of companies, QAI can bundle your
organic certification with food safety, sustainability and label
claim certifications and verifications.
Clean label
claims are generally relatively high in soft drinks, with more than 48 %
of launches carrying one or more
claims relating to naturalness, freedom from additives and preservatives or
organic certification.
Nearly 25 %
of total global new product launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in 2015 used one or more
claims relating to «natural,»
organic certification or freedom from additives and preservatives.
Steve Marsh is
claiming financial compensation after losing
organic certification for about 70 per cent
of his farm.
An
organic certification logo protects consumers from misleading
claims and is the mark
of a genuine
organic product which has been audited all along the production chain from paddock to plate to comply with strict
organic standards.
«The transitional
certification program developed by OTA reflects perspectives from across the supply chain, and will provide an on - ramp to producers while safeguarding
organic as the gold standard
of food label
claims,» said Nate Lewis, Farm Policy Director for OTA.
The
claim that a product is «natural» is one to pay special attention to, because it can be used by companies to get around
organic certification, and because the meaning
of the word is easily stretched and manipulated — after all, even the most complex chemical compound can be traced to a natural source at some point on its journey to the supermarket shelf.
«Green - e
claims to be the leading voluntary
certification program for green power products in the U.S. Similar in concept to the «
organic» label set forth by the USDA, products bearing the Green - e logo and «Made With Renewable Energy» label immediately informs consumers that the product was manufactured using an environmentally friendly source
of energy.