The US Department of Agriculture is taking steps to improve the transparency and standards for products that are currently considered organic. For the first time in more than 30 years, the USDA is ...

Amended U.S. Department of Agriculture rules announced last month suggest the agency has high hopes for plans to crack down on fraud in the organic food sector. Some are hailing the USDA's stance ...

For the first time since 1990, the USDA is strengthening its organic food regulations in the U.S. with new rules that aim to prevent fraud and protect the agency’s trusted organic seal.

U.S. to crack down on organic food fraud 01:53. New rules from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will make it harder to claim the "organic" label on foods.

This month, the USDA is implementing stronger oversight of organic products in order to reduce fraud. For a growing number of Americans buying organic, that's good news. The industry reached $63 ...

“Organic” has slightly different definitions, depending on what kind of food you’re buying. For fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products to be certified organic by the USDA ...

Improving supply chain management, transparency . For example, USDA notes that one of the most common risks to the integrity of an organic product is mishandling – which goes up exponentially as ...

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports that the Agriculture Department has created national standards for organic foods. A new USDA Organic seal will be given to foods produced WITHOUT genetically ...

It is hard to truly do justice to the recent organic food explosion. What was once a small subset of the overall food and beverage market is now close to a $200 billion industry —and expected to ...

The US Department of Agriculture is taking steps to improve the transparency and standards for products that are currently considered organic. For the first time in more than 30 years, the USDA is ...