Imports of animal feed to the US are not always organic as labelled with the USDA's National Organic Program only recently adding much needed resources for oversight to prevent fraudulent imports, according to Cornucopia Institute. Imports of organic corn from Turkey surged from 15,000 mt in 2014 to 399,000 mt in 2016, even though there isn't enough organic acreage to support such output. “I hope that readers will understand the severity of the problem and demand governmental authorities take action. The USDA has been working on a new program called the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that will be able to track imports more closely than APHIS currently does.
Imports of animal feed to the US are not always organic as labelled with the USDA's National Organic Program only recently adding much needed resources for oversight to prevent fraudulent imports, according to Cornucopia Institute. Imports of organic corn from Turkey surged from 15,000 mt in 2014 to 399,000 mt in 2016, even though there isn't enough organic acreage to support such output. The USDA has been working on a new program called the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that will be able to track imports more closely than APHIS currently does.