Organic fraud and traceability techniques are the focus of two new courses offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Organic Integrity Learning Center.
The center supports professional development of people working in organic certification and compliance and enforcement roles, according to a news release.
The new classes are:
- Organic Fraud and the Criminal Mind: The session is taught by an expert in food fraud and describes the product fraud concept, explores the role of vulnerability assessments and examines factors that an show fraud vulnerability, according to the release. The session identifies opportunities for organic fraud and explains how to focus on these opportunities during the organic certification process; and
- Traceability Techniques: Traceability audits, the release said, help identify procedural weaknesses that may hurt organic integrity. The session reviews the goals of traceability techniques within the organic control system, teaches traceability auditing techniques and explains the difference between a trace-back audit and a mass balance audit.
More information about the courses is available online.
