National Organic Program reorganized

Dairy Foods, May, 2008

USDA's National Organic Program has been reorganizing into three branches: Standards Development & Review; Accreditation, Auditing & Training; and Compliance & Enforcement.

Deputy Administrator for Transportation & Marketing Programs Barbara Robinson will assume overall leadership for the NOP in addition to her other duties, while Mark Bradley will assume leadership for the Accreditation, Auditing & Training Branch, and Richard Mathews will head up the Standards Development & Review Branch. No decision has been made for leadership of Compliance & Enforcement at this time.

USDA says these changes will help NOP continue to accomplish its goals of ensuring the integrity of the USDA organic seal, applying regulatory consistency, and providing transparency to its stakeholders.

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