Agricultural Marketing Specialist (Regulatory)

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The duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Receive, categorize, processes, and determine disposition of complaints regarding all elements of the National Organic Program (NOP).
• Assess initial appropriateness and validity of complaints using the NOP regulation 7 CFR 205 and the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA)
• Conduct investigations of alleged complaints, trade practices, and violations of the National Organic Program Regulation and the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA).
• Prepare notices of noncompliance, warning letters, notice to cease, and desist and other investigative correspondence and sends to violators.
• Assist with the execution of investigative policies, practices, procedures, and techniques concerning cases of violations of the regulation by certifying agents, producers, and handlers.
• Participate with top managers and the Deputy Administrator to develop major changes in direction for the organization.