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Organic certification loophole makes scams possible, farmer says
An
Alberta farmer is pushing the province to create its own organic certification system, saying
some growers could take advantage of a loophole in the new national regulations
Allan
Graff, an organic grain farmer near Vulcan, said the anticipated federal regulations will only
apply to food products that have crossed provincial or federal borders.
Graff said when
the new regulations come into effect in two years, some farmers may try to sidestep the
organic certification process by selling their products locally, or within the province.
An
Alberta farmer is pushing the province to create its own organic certification system, saying
some growers could take advantage of a loophole in the new national regulations
Allan
Graff, an organic grain farmer near Vulcan, said the anticipated federal regulations will only
apply to food products that have crossed provincial or federal borders.
Graff said when
the new regulations come into effect in two years, some farmers may try to sidestep the
organic certification process by selling their products locally, or within the
province.
"Anything that comes from B.C. [to Alberta] has to meet the Canadian
standards," Graff said. "But the farmer that's growing a dozen carrots can take it down to
the farmers market and whether they are organic or not, he can claim they are organic at this
time."
Only Quebec, B.C. regulate organics
In September 2006, the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency proposed a new set of rules for farmers wanting to carry a new "Canada
Organic" label.
The federal watchdog said farmers would have to submit an application
for certification with information on the substances used in production and methods of
production.
Under the current system, many organic foods in Canada are accredited by an
assortment of authorities including the U.S. Agriculture Department, whose import rules
require American certification.
Quebec and British Columbia are the only two provinces that
regulate organic produce
Michel Saumur, a manager with the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency, acknowledged that the new regulations wouldn't affect food grown and sold locally. He
said some farmers have approached the federal agency with complaints about the improper
labelling of non-organic goods.
"They didn't feel protected enough so that was one of the
problems that was related to us," he said.
The organic industry has been growing
steadily in Canada at an annual rate of 15 to 20 per cent over the past decade.
About
3,670 certified organic farms across the country produce about $986 million in produce or
livestock annually.
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