Sentences with phrase «federal organic regulations»
«The federal organic regulations make it very clear that all organic livestock must have access to the outdoors and that ruminants, like dairy cows, must have access to pasture,» Mark A. Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute said in 2014.
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In December 2017, the USDA announced it would decouple animal welfare standards from federal regulations around organic certification.
The rule, which was published and accepted in January 2017, would have increased federal regulation of livestock and poultry for certified organic producers and handlers.
Other countries and regions, including Japan, Canada and the European Union, have their own federal regulations covering the production and labeling of organic foods.
QAI is a USDA - accredited certifying agency, approved to provide certification to the national organic standards, under a federal regulation created by the USDA and administered by the National Organic Program.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture certifies what food and fiber products meet federal regulations to be called organic and can carry the circular «USDA Organic» label.
To help consumers identify organic products compliant with the Canadian organic regulations, the federal government has agreed to affix a clearly marked logo: the Canadian organic logo.
Federal regulations restrict the use of certain kinds of pesticides in organic farming.
Lax regulation of CAFOs allows them to take cost - reducing shortcuts that give them a competitive advantage, while federal research and support programs are not structured to help organic dairy farms.