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False Foods: Harmonizing The Eu And Us Organics Programs, Elizabeth G. Fudge
False Foods: Harmonizing The Eu And Us Organics Programs, Elizabeth G. Fudge
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
The growth of the importation and exportation of organic foods in recent years has led governments around the globe to take more aggressive approaches in overseeing and certifying such products. Currently, there is a discrepancy in how states certify and respond to non-compliance issues for imported organic products. This creates a strong need to harmonize organics programs, specifically between the EU and US programs, as they are the two largest consumers of organic products. Through auditing both the EU and US organic import programs, significant issues of non-compliance became exceedingly clear. This Note argues that the best solution for addressing …