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National Organic Program

By: Devon Sampson
In: Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Dustin Mulvaney & Paul Robbins
Subject:Environmental Technology, Policy & Management, Environmental Policy
Keywords:certification; certified products; Department of Agriculture; farming; national standards; organic agriculture; organic food

The National Organic Program (NOP) is the federal program that regulates certification of organic agricultural products in the United States. The NOP has regulated the use of the term organic on the labels of food and other products since October 2002. ...

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  Sampson, D. (2011). National organic program. In D. Mulvaney, & P. Robbins (Eds.), Green food: An A-to-Z guide (pp. 318-322). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n106
  
  Sampson, Devon. "National Organic Program." In Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Mulvaney, Dustin, and Paul Robbins, 318-22. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n106.
  
  Sampson, D. 2011. National Organic Program. In: Dustin Mulvaney and Paul Robbins Editors, 2011. Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 318-322 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n106> [Accessed 15 Apr 2021].
  
  Sampson, Devon. "National Organic Program." Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by Dustin Mulvaney and Paul Robbins. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011, pp. 318-22. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n106.
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