WASHINGTON (USDA)
On Tuesday United States Agri
culture Secretary Dan Glickman
announced a new proposal for
uniform and consistent national
standards for organic food.
“This is the most comprehen
sive and strongest organic stan
dard in the world,” said
Glickman. “I believe that is ex
actly what American consumers
and organic farmers want.”
Essentially, the proposal
offers a national definition for
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Glickman Announces New Proposal
For Organic Standards
the term “organic.” Currently,
organic food is certified by vari
ous private and state organiza
tions that each use their own
standards for the term “or
ganic.”
“A single national organic
standard, backed by consistent
and accurate labeling, will
greatly reduce consumer confu
sion,” said Glickman. “Con
sumers will know what they are
buying and organic farmers will
know what is expected of them.”
The proposal details the
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methods, practices, and sub
stances that can be used in pro
ducing and handling organic
crops and livestock, as well as
processed products. It estab
lishes clear labeling criteria and
rules so that consumers know
exactly what they are buying
when they purchase organic
food. It specifically prohibits the
use of genetic engineering,
sewage sludge, and irradiation
in the production of food prod
ucts labeled “organic.”
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antibiotics in organic livestock
production and requires 100
percent organic feed for organic
livestock. USDA’s proposal will
allow organic farmers to more
easily export their products be
cause trading partners can more
easily deal with one national
standard rather than multiple
state and private standards.
The revised proposal is the
result of careful analysis of more
than 275,000 comments USDA
received in response to its initial
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December 1997 organic pro
posal.
“We listened to consumers
and organic farmers and closely
followed the recommendations
of the National Organic Stand
ards Board to develop a national
organic standard that is better
than our original proposal,”
Glickman said. “We believe
these new standards fully meet
consumer expectations and re
flect current organic farming
practices.”
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Secretary Glickman
also announced sev
eral other steps the
Administration is
taking ro promote or
ganic agriculture.
President Clinton’s
fiscal 2001 budget pro
poses five million dol
lars for research to
develop improved or
ganic production and
processing methods,
evaluate economic
benefits to farmers,
and develop new or
ganic markets.
Glickman said
USDA will establish a
pilot organic crop in
surance program to
help organic farmers
better manage risk. He
also announced that
USDA and the Uni
versity of California at
Davis will conduct re
search on organic pro
duction and ways to
enhance farmers’ abil
ity to market organic
fruits and vegetables.
The proposed na
tional standard and
additional steps Secre
tary Glickman an
nounced this week will
help stimulate one of
the fastest growing
sectors of American
agriculture. USDA es-
Itimates that the value
of retail sales of or
ganic foods in 1999
was approximately $6
billion.
The number of or
ganic farmers is in
creasing about 12
percent per year and
now stands at about
12,200 nationwide,
most of them small
scale producers.
Fact sheets and
other background ma
terials on the proposed
organic rule can be ac
cessed on the web at
www.ams.usda.gov/
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