By Samuel Fromartz
The dust up over Aurora Organic Dairy’s alleged misdeeds in the organic dairy business has kicked into full gear.
The latest missive flew out Tuesday, as one of  Aurora’s certifiers, Quality Assurance International (QAI), said it did nothing wrong even though a farm and milk it certified were cited by the USDA in its Aurora complaint.
For those not following this sordid saga, the USDA had threatened to decertify Aurora in April, citing 14 instances of willful violations of regulations. Aurora then reached a plea bargain with the USDA last month that contained provisions for the company to stop selling some milk, remove some improperly transitioned organic animals from its operation and increase grazing rates for its herd. They are the largest producer of private-label organic milk in the nation.
Significantly, the plea  contained no admissions about the 14 allegations of wrongdoing: it only states that the company was […]

Original post by Samuel Fromartz and software by Elliott Back

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