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06/17/2021 |
Sec Tom Vilsack |
USDA to Revisit Outside Access for Organic Flocks
In a June 17th USDA release, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stated, “I have directed the National Organic Program to begin a rulemaking to address this statutory interpretation and to include a proposal to disallow the use of porches as outdoor space in organic production over time and on other topics that were the subject of the OLPP final rule”.
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In-line aviary complexes generally do not have adequate space for outside access of 1 square foot or more per hen |
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