The organic community and CCOF have experienced an unprecedented workload in 2024 due to USDA’s Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) regulatory change and an increase in certified clients. Our processor/handler review timelines are currently affected.
Beginning Monday, November 25, we are unable to accept any two-day Rush Review requests submitted by handler operations. Any two-day Rush Review request will be processed as a five-day Rush Request. We will continue to honor farm and livestock two-day Rush Requests. We have hired new team members and are working to get them trained and ready to help as soon as possible. We know how useful the two-day option is for our handler clients, and we look forward to being able to provide this service again.