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Organic Teas
We would like to draw your attention to
some important changes that the USDA has made concerning the declaration of
organic teas that will take effect on December 27th, 2019.
Up until now, the USDA National Organics Program (NOP) and the European
Commission acknowledged each others' organic certifications based on the
Organics Equivalency Arrangement. This will end when the new NOP ruling
concerning flavors used in organic teas takes effect on December 27th,
2019!
Starting December 27th, any flavored organic tea may no longer be
declared as 100% organic or carry the USDA organic seal if it is made with
natural flavoring that by itself is not certified organic. These teas now fall
under the new category “made with organic ingredients” and must be declared as
such.
Fortunately, this will only affect 10 of our flavored organic tea
blends and we are currently working hard to be able to offer you flavored
organic alternatives very soon. Please find a list of the teas affected
below.
If you carry any of these flavored organic teas, please be
sure to change their label from "organic" to "made with organic ingredients" as
of December 27th, 2019.
All of our 48 unflavored teas are not affected by
this change in regulation and can continue to be labeled as organic as well as
carry the USDA organic seal.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should
you have any further questions on this topic.
List of teas
affected:
21151 - 21202 - 24881 - 21152 - 24885 - 22668 - 22125 - 28886 -
22926 - 21058 |