Trump’s USDA Is Killing Rules That Organic Food Makers Want
The organic industry has sought out government oversight to reassure consumers. Now some worry that deregulation could chip away at that confidence.
Lohmann Brown chickens walk around outside a barn at Meadow Haven Farm, a certified organic family-run farm, in Sheffield, Illinois.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/BloombergRegulation isn’t a dirty word to makers of organic food.
So they’re pushing back against the Trump administration, which has killed off a slate of proposed regulatory changes for raising and manufacturing organic products after coming to power promising to remove “job-killing regulations.” In recent months, shelved proposals have included those covering animal welfare, the manufacture of pet food and beekeeping.