:  we are unable to provide the documents you

:  have requested as these are considered to be

:  proprietary.



A consumer can verify organic certifications with the certifying agent, who
does all the inspections/approvals.

I looked at this in 2000, when the first certified-organic rules came out.

The USDA says that anyone using the "USDA Organic" seal must name a
certifying agent on the label:

http://usda.gov/media/blog/2016/07/22/understanding-usda-organic-label

"Additionally, the label must include the name of the certifying agent..."



For honey, there has to be an agent, the USDA lacks a full set of
rules/regs for honey.

Consumers can also file complaints about labels that don't name certifying
agents:

http://www.ams.usda.gov/services/enforcement/organic/file-complaint

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