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Protester being removed by police during USDA National Organic Standards Board meeting in San Antonio.
Organic stakeholders have filed a lawsuit in federal court, maintaining that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) violated the federal rulemaking process when it changed established procedures for reviewing the potential hazards and need for allowed synthetic and prohibited natural substances used in producing organic food.
The unilateral agency action taken to adopt major policy change without a public process, the plaintiffs maintain, violates one of the foundational principles and practices of OFPA -public participation in organic policy-making.
Full Story here (http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/organic-producers-sue-usda-for-changing-organic-rules-without-public-input/).
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Protester being removed by police during USDA National Organic Standards Board meeting in San Antonio.
Organic stakeholders have filed a lawsuit in federal court, maintaining that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) violated the federal rulemaking process when it changed established procedures for reviewing the potential hazards and need for allowed synthetic and prohibited natural substances used in producing organic food.
The unilateral agency action taken to adopt major policy change without a public process, the plaintiffs maintain, violates one of the foundational principles and practices of OFPA -public participation in organic policy-making.
Full Story here (http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/organic-producers-sue-usda-for-changing-organic-rules-without-public-input/).
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