The US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) National Organic Program ( NOP ) released the latest ' Organic Industry Communications : Dynamic Updates in Regulation and Enforcement ' on May 27,2026. This is not only a regular notification, but also a compliance alert for all organic companies exporting to the United States. As the NOP 's ' enhanced organic enforcement ( SOE ) final rule ' enters the stage of full implementation, the US 's supervision of imported organic products has reached an unprecedented height.Core change : NOP import certificate ( NOPIC ) is ' standard '.As of March 19,2026, the SOE rule has been implemented for two years. The new regulations clearly require that all organic agricultural products exported to the United States must be accompanied by a valid NOP import certificate ( NOPIC ).文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/35852/
- Full-aperture monitoring : No matter whether the product uses a specific organic tariff code ( HTS ), as long as it is claimed to be an organic product, it must be declared through the NOP-IC system.
- Data transparency : USDA has published detailed organic import data for 2025 on its official website, including country rankings and category rankings. This means that your export data is being placed under a ' microscope '.
⚠️Foresight : Two Chinese enterprises have been investigated.In this briefing, NOP specifically disclosed two cases of law enforcement against Chinese companies for the reasons of ' unlicensed import ' and ' inability to verify organic identity ' :文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/35852/
- Case 1 ( plant extract / fruit and vegetable juice ) : Importers were suspended from certification because they could not provide effective NOPIC and could not prove that the product was organic.
- Case 2 ( Frozen Vegetables ) : An importer sells the product as an organic product without holding a valid NOPIC. Although the final product is returned ( not entered the market ), the enterprise reputation and supply chain are seriously affected.
New trend of supervision : from " ex post punishment " to " ex ante prevention "In addition to the traditional complaint investigation, NOP now uses big data for active screening.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/35852/
- Data comparison : NOP is using GATS system and NOP-IC data for cross validation. Once abnormal data ( such as non-conformity of declaration information and lack of certificates ) is found, an investigation will be launched immediately.
- Joint and several accountability : the case shows that not only the importer is punished, the certification body will also intervene, and even trace back to the upstream supplier to implement ' joint ' supervision.
Compliance recommendations for Chinese enterprisesIn the face of the increasingly stringent US market, it is recommended that relevant companies immediately conduct self-examination :文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/35852/
- Certificate verification : to ensure that each batch of organic goods exported to the United States has a real and effective NOPIC, and must be issued in the organic integrity system ( OID ) of the United States Department of Agriculture before the goods are offshore. Don 't be lucky and try to evade supervision through conventional HTS code.
- Supply chain traceability : strengthen the management of upstream raw material suppliers to ensure seamless integration of organic integrity from farms to ports.
- Equipment cleaning and residue control : Refer to the Mexican case mentioned in the communication, the goods exported to the United States were destroyed due to the incomplete cleaning of the equipment, which led to the residue of prohibited substances. It is necessary to implement the production and processing procedures of organic products to ensure that organic products are not contaminated by prohibited substances or mixed with non-organic materials in the whole production process.
Organic road, integrity-based. With the tightening of global organic regulation, only truly compliant enterprises can remain invincible in this blue ocean !文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/35852/
