USDA Issues Final Rule on National Organic Program

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Ed Zimmerman

The USDA has issued a final rule regarding the agency’s National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances for the National Organic Program. The agency renewed 187 of 198 substances submitted by the National Organic Standards Board as part of the 2017 sunset review. The document became effective March 15. Full Notice

What is Milk?

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Ed Zimmerman

The Wall Street Journal has a story this morning about a debate taking place in the food industry over one simple question that apparently does not have a simple answer: What, exactly, is milk? Here’s how the Journal frames the story: “Dairymen are lobbying Congress to restrict use of the word ‘milk’ to products derived[…]