Purchase the Organic Fraud Prevention Guide to help minimize or eliminate organic fraud.
The new Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) final rule requires organic operations to include a fraud prevention plan in their Organic System Plan that describes the monitoring practices and procedures used to prevent organic fraud and verify suppliers and organic product status. All operations must comply by March 19, 2024.
Members and non-members can purchase our Organic Fraud Prevention Guide for step-by-step guidance to develop and implement an organic fraud prevention plan as mandated by SOE. Members receive a 50% discount. The guide provides businesses engaged in organic trade with a risk-based process for developing and implementing an organic fraud prevention plan.
Organic Fraud Prevention Guide
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Trusted Advisors can support fraud prevention plan development
Trusted Advisors can support fraud prevention plan development
There are qualified Trusted Advisors ready to assist certified operations with creating organic fraud prevention plans using OTA's Organic Fraud Prevention Guide.
- Wolf & Associates, The Organic Specialists - learn more and contact John Foster
- Strengthening Organic Systems (SOS) - learn more and contact Gwendolyn Wyard
- Lacewing Auditing and Consulting LLC - contact Miles McEvoy
- Hula Consulting - learn more and contact Scott Svihula
Trusted Advisor is a category of professional who is qualified to advise and assist companies in the development of a fraud prevention plan using OTA's Organic Fraud Prevention Guide. Trusted Advisors are experts in organic compliance and VACCP (Vulnerability Assessment Critical Control Points) and can go in-depth with interested parties to carry out a vulnerability assessment and develop an Organic Fraud Prevention Plan. If you’re interested in obtaining this status, please submit a Trusted Advisor Application.
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Supporting Partners can endorse the Organic Fraud Prevention Guide
Supporting Partners can endorse the Organic Fraud Prevention Guide
Pennsylvania Certified Organic (PCO), Quality Assurance International (QAI), California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), Oregon Tilth, Quality Certification Services (QCS), Pro-Cert, OneCert, LETIS, Authent GmbH, Eurofins, Australia Certified Organic (ACO), Organic Insights, and OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) are currently Supporting Partners of this guide.
A Supporting Partner is a stakeholder in the organic industry who is committed to organic integrity and fraud prevention. Supporting partners are well versed in the Organic Fraud Prevention Guide, developing and evaluating Organic Fraud Prevention Plans, and are committed to promoting Organic Fraud Prevention Guide to their clients and network.
If you're interested in obtaining this status, please submit a Supporting Partner Application.