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What Happens When USDA’s National Organics Program Standards are Not Met?

The USDA organic regulations allow the AMS National Organic Program to issue proposed notices of suspension or revocation to certified organic operations that do not comply with the organic standards. If the operation does not appeal a proposed notice, NOP issues a final notice of suspension or revocation, which end the operation’s ability to sell, represent, or market product as organic.    Oversight Update: Certifier Exits and Appeals Process Organic operations that are denied certification from a certifier or that receive a proposed notice of suspension or revocation may appeal that proposed notice to the AMS Administrator.  The AMS Administrator may sustain or deny an appeal, or AMS may choose to enter into a settlement agreement that achieves the goal of compliance.  If the AMS Administrator denies an appeal, the operation or certifier may request a hearing with a USDA Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). The list below includes Final Notices of Suspension or Revocation issued by the National Organic Program, and AMS Administrator Decisions resulting from appeals. For each Decision, we have indicated whether a hearing has been requested with the ALJ. Operations  and certifiers that have requested a hearing remain certified pending the conclusion of their appeals. 8/15/2022: Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) (pdf) 5/9/2022: Productos Organicos el Capricho S.P.R. de R.L. de C.V. (pdf) 3/12/2022: Dean D. Pahl Organic Farms (pdf) 3/1/2022: Pilot S.A. – Hacienda Pilot (pdf) 2/28/2022: Calendula Farms (pdf) 7/5/2021: Euroasia’s Organics Inc., dba Naturevibe Botanicals Inc. (pdf) 7/5/2021: Asociacion de Produccion Artesanal Guayusa Ecologica – Asoguay (pdf) 6/25/2021: Berry Fruit SpA (pdf) 4/16/2021: Asociacion Agro Artesanal de Produccion de Bienes, Agricolas Pecuarios y Piscicolas de Napo Kallari (pdf) 3/28/2021: The Ingredient Warehouse (pdf) 3/28/2021: Finca Nava (pdf) 2/28/2021: S & M Foods S.A.C. (pdf) 2/24/2021: 2 Creeks Farm/Ellinghuysen (pdf) 1/12/2021: Epigenetic Labs dba Organixx (pdf) 12/29/2020: Qufu Shengren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (pdf) 12/21/2020: Finca San Jose (pdf) 12/16/2020: Finca Maravilla (pdf) 12/13/2020: Finca Esmeraldas (pdf) 12/12/2020: Finca Laurita (pdf) 12/10/2020: Finca Solo (pdf) 12/9/2020: Haddinger Farms (pdf) – hearing requested 11/22/2020: Sassy Cow Creamery LLC/Baerwolf Dairies (pdf)  11/22/2020: Safe Herbs & Spices (pdf)– hearing requested 11/22/2020: Bennett Dairy Inc. (pdf) 11/2/2020: Zhangpu Tongzheng Food Co. Ltd. (pdf) 10/9/2020: Steve Miller dba Jubilee Meadows (pdf) 9/22/2020: Laurance Kriegel (pdf) – hearing requested 7/26/2020: Gem Empacadora Tierra Verde S de RL of CV, dba Green Earth Produce (pdf) 6/28/2020: ROI Urban Farms, LLC (pdf) – hearing requested 6/11/2020: Certisys (pdf) 6/10/2020: Dialinspec S.A. (pdf) 6/10/2020: Bionas Tarim Ltd. Sti. (pdf) 6/7/2020: Beth Anne Wilson Webb, Dba Moonstruck Organics (pdf) 6/7/2020: Jorge Rolando Gonzalez Garza (pdf) 6/7/2020: Triple F LLC (pdf) 5/31/2020: Taylor Brett, dba Brett Farms (pdf) 5/31/2020: William Brett, dba William Brett Farms (pdf) 5/31/2020: Brooks Co. Grains LLC (pdf) 5/14/2020: Certisys (pdf) 5/13/2020: Bionas Tarim Ltd., sti. (pdf) 5/11/2020: Dale Fink Farms (pdf) 5/11/2020: A Greener World (pdf) 4/8/2020: Mark Smith (pdf) 2/10/2020: Haciban S.A. (pdf) 2/7/2020: Meriban, S.A. (pdf) 2/7/2020: Gaia’s Breath Farm (pdf) 2/4/2020: Birchwood Farms (pdf) – hearing requested 12/9/2019: Ranovael Dairy (pdf) 11/27/2019: Brooklyn Bottling (pdf) – hearing requested 11/27/2019: United Intertrade, Inc. (pdf) 11/27/2019: Kegsafrut S.A. (pdf) 11/07/2019: APAX USA Inc. (pdf) 10/08/2019: Agricola y Comercializadora Dos Hermanos Spa (pdf) 09/16/2019: Tad Ellinghuysen/2 Creeks Farm (pdf) 07/30/2019: Sassy Cow Creamer LLC/Baerwolf Dairies LLC (pdf)  6/24/2019: Organic Food Development and Certification Centre of China (pdf) 06/20/2019: Basin and Range Organics (pdf) 06/18/2019: Conscious Coconut LLC (pdf) – hearing requested 05/29/2019: Fraga Farmstead Creamery LLC (pdf) – hearing requested 05/09/2019: Control Union Certification – Turkey Office (pdf) 03/11/2019: Lakefront Brewery Inc. (pdf) 02/15/2019: SRS Certification GmbH (pdf) 02/14/2019: Organic Acres/Joseph J. Graber (pdf) – hearing requested 02/14/2019: Noadiam USA, LLC dba Sky Organics (pdf) 10/29/2018: Melvin D. Miller (pdf) 10/16/2018: Laurance Kriegel (pdf) – hearing requested 9/4/2018: Boliviana de Certificación (Bolicert) (pdf) 7/27/2018: MCA Organics, S.A. de C.V. (pdf) 7/3/2018: Rus Agro Export Ltd. (pdf) 7/2/2018: Hakan Organics DMCC (pdf) – hearing requested 6/26/2018: Joel Cross (pdf) 6/19/2018: The Ostrom Mushroom Company dba Ostrom Mushroom Farms (pdf) 6/18/2018: I.J. and Erin Paquin, Paquin Family Farm (pdf) 4/13/2018: Wicmar Dairy (pdf) 4/10/2018: Kingsley Brothers (pdf) – hearing requested 3/14/2018: Woodview Farms (pdf) 1/18/2018: Healthy Harvest (pdf) – hearing requested 1/3/2018: Ulysses Lolonis Vineyards (pdf) 10/18/2017: Daniel and Kara Smith (pdf) 10/5/2017: GZ Tarim Urunleri Tic. Ltd. Sti. (pdf) 9/11/2017: Dwight Miller and Son Orchards (pdf) 9/11/2017: Tad Ellinghuysen, 2 Creeks Farm (pdf)  8/25/2017: Cozy Valley Farm (pdf) – hearing requested 8/25/2017: Rainbow View Dairy (pdf) 8/23/2017: John Zook (pdf) – hearing requested 8/17/2017: Fusion Organic S.P.R. de R.L. de C.V (pdf) – hearing requested 7/17/2017: Green’s Organics (pdf)  7/7/2017: Natural Foods Certifiers (NFC) (pdf) – hearing requested  7/5/2017: Hakan Organics DMCC (pdf) – hearing requested 6/8/2017: Sol J. Stoltzfus, Jr. (pdf) – hearing requested 6/1/2017: Beyaz Agro (pdf) 4/25/2017: Rock Island Farms (pdf) 4/25/2017: Bonnie Blue Ranch and Grove (pdf) – hearing requested 10/07/2016: Bolicert (pdf) – hearing requested 05/11/2016: Seeds of Love (pdf) – hearing requested 12/22/2015: John Z Stoltzfus (pdf) 12/13/2015: Bonnie Blue Ranch and Grove (pdf) – hearing requested  12/07/2015: Alejandro Marquez Mendez, Descafeinadores Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (dba Descamex) (pdf) – hearing requested 11/09/2015: Buena Tierra (pdf) 11/09/2015: Vernon Yoder (pdf) 11/09/2015: Tad Ellinghuysen dba 2 Creeks Farm (pdf)

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