Effective September 19, 2024, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP) will no longer allow the use of the temporary filing code (999-999-T) in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) for organic entries without an NOP Import Certificate (NOP-IC). Shipments using the temporary code after September 19, 2024, will be subject to adverse actions or additional enforcement actions. If a valid NOP-IC is not available at time of filing the shipment will be subject to refusal and re-exportation. The NOP-IC must be obtained prior to the shipment departing the foreign port of lading from the exporter. The NOP-IC cannot be issued after the product has departed.
U.S. importers facilitating organic trade must be certified organic under the new USDA organic regulations. Certified importers are listed in the Organic Integrity Database (https://organic.ams.usda.gov/integrity). Organic imports not associated with a valid NOP-IC will not be allowed to claim the shipment as certified organic.
A new code has been issued for American Certified Organic Goods Returned for use in entries that have been flagged as requiring AM7/AM8 organic filing. This code is used in place of the NOP-IC
- American Certified Organic Goods Returned: 333-550-R
For further information on the Strengthening Organic Enforcement regulation including updated FAQs, see: https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/strengthening-organic-enforcement.
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