Please be aware that several certified organic operations have received email falsely claiming to be from the USDA. An example of one such email is posted here: The USDA National Organic Program will never email you about your annual renewal, fees, or otherwise ask you to log into any system or provide information. Instead, the NOP, when they request information or action, goes through the certifying agent for the operation and asks us to provide information or to reach out

Americert occasionally receives requests for written confirmation (beyond the organic certificate already issued) that an operation is still certified in good standing. Prior to the creation of the Organic Integrity Database, this was a common request and regular practice because there was no way to check if a certificate was still valid, or if the operation’s certification had been revoked, suspended or surrendered. Currently, however, there is no need for the issuance of Le

Americert has issued an updated fee schedule for organic certification. A copy is attached below. A quick summary of some of the updates, our first in two years, is as follows: Updated fees for: • Some tiers of certification. • Adding products. • Label reviews. • Equivalency determinations. • Issuing export documentation. • Mediation. • Late fees. • Certain contractual noncompliance penalty fees. New fees for: • Out of state operations, int

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is strengthe ning import controls for organic foods through a 2-phase project . Phase 1 ,...

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ALERT for Certifiers and Certified Operations: Be Aware of Email Phishing ScamFalsely Using USDA Logo The NOP is aware that certifiers...

Update on Private Label Agreements As part of our ongoing calibration of compliance review procedures, and to be in line with sound and...