Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the USDA‘s National Organic Program (NOP), likes the Equivalency Agreement that was signed June 17th 2009 with Canada. “Operators don’t need to certify to multiple standards and only one audit is needed by CBs; it reduces paperwork and costs and expands the market access!” said McEvoy, when presenting the NOP program to Canadian stakeholders in Guelph, January 28th.

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