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Organic fraud continues to be a problem
Oct 25, 2017, 10:36 AM
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The head of an advisory firm specializing in the organic, non-GMO and specialty crop supply chain says more can be done to limit organic fraud.
Agromeris president Peter Golbitz describes domestic certification as thorough and very effective, but says fraudulent labeling continues to be a problem with organic imports.
“There are areas within the chain of custody where some of the handlers do not need to be certified. The exclusion for them is that if they don’t open a container, or the product they’re moving is packaged, they themselves don’t need to be certified.”
He tells Brownfield U.S.
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