On August 4, 2020, the U.S. Federal Register received the U.S. Department of Agriculture document No. 2020-14581, which proposed to amend the Organic Products Regulations. The contents to be revised are:

(1) The scope of application and exemptions of the regulations.

(2) Requirements for imported organic product certificates.

(3) Requirements for record keeping and traceability of the production and processing process of organic products.

(4) Labeling regulations for organic agricultural products not used for retail.

(5) Calculation method of organic ingredient content in multi-ingredient food, etc. The amendment aims to strengthen the supervision and management of organic agricultural products.

The document will be officially published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2020, and the feedback period is 60 days.

For more details, please refer to: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-14581.pdf

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