Biden Administration Reveals Plans , to Fight ‘Organic Fraud’.<br />Biden Administration Reveals Plans , to Fight ‘Organic Fraud’.<br />Fox News reports that on Jan. 19, the USDA updated its organic food label regulations.<br />This update to the USDA organic regulations strengthens oversight and enforcement of the production, handling, and sale of organic products, USDA, via statement.<br />The new rules mark the "biggest update <br />to organic regulations" since 1990.<br />The USDA said it hopes to offer , "a significant increase in oversight and enforcement authority to reinforce the trust of consumers, farmers <br />and those transitioning to organic production.".<br />Protecting and growing the organic sector and the trusted USDA organic seal is a key part of the USDA Food Systems Transformation initiative, Jenny Lester Moffitt, USDA Under Secretary for <br />Marketing and Regulatory Programs, via statement.<br />Fox News reports that the Organic Trade Association was happy to see the new rules put in place.<br />[The policy] will have significant and far-reaching impacts on the organic sector and will do much to deter and detect organic fraud and protect organic integrity throughout the supply chain, Organic Trade Association, via statement.<br />Fox News reports that recently, two farmers in Minnesota were charged with , allegedly selling over $46 million worth of "organic" crops that were actually chemically-treated between 2014 and 2021.<br />This rule includes more robust traceability and verification practices that would have helped identify and stop this type of fraud earlier, preventing further sale of the fraudulent products and reducing <br />the impact of the fraud, USDA, via notice
