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USDA Intends to Withdraw Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule

Sarah Everhart

Dec 21, 2017
1 min

USDA Intends to Withdraw Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule

By Sarah Everhart This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. I have posted many times in the last two years about the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) rule. To learn more about the rule check out my last post. In a nutshell, the OLPP rule was created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) during the Obama Administration to amend the organic livestock and poultry production requirements in the USDA organic regulat

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Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards- Delayed Again

Sarah Everhart

Dec 6, 2017
2 min

Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards- Delayed Again

By Sarah Everhart This post is not legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. I have previously posted about the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) Rule, as well as the litigation filed over the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) failure to enact the rule. Kelley Poole, Vice President of Government Affairs, Organic Trade Association (OTA) and Alison Howard, a Maryland organic farmer also recently discussed the rule at ALEI’s third annual Agricu

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Organic Trade Association Suing USDA Over Failure to Enact Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards

Sarah Everhart

Sep 27, 2017
2 min

Organic Trade Association Suing USDA Over Failure to Enact Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards

By Sarah Everhart This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. On September 13, 2017, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule. The rule amends the existing organic livestock and poultry production requirements by adding new provisions for livestock handling and

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