USDA “Organic” Hop Exception Expires Jan 2013

Beginning 1 Jan 2013, if you use the USDA label for “Organic Hops” they must indeed be 100% organic by definition.  News from TripelPundit:

Until the USDA stepped in, only a few varieties of organic hops from Europe and New Zealand were available in the US to brew organic beers. Now that the domestic (and international) organic hop market has developed, beginning January 1, 2013, the USDA phases out their exemption so that brewers who use the USDA Organic Logo must use 100 percent organic hops. Today, if certain hops are not available commercially, a brewer either needs to use whatever is available, or use the exemption to use non-organic hops in an organic-labeled-beer.

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