Sec. 6. Investigations
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Section 2120(b) of the Organic Foods Production Act ( 7 U.S.C. 6519(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In carrying out this title, all parties conducting an active investigation under this subsection (including certifying agents, State organic certification programs, and the national organic program) shall share confidential business information with Federal and State government officers and employees and certifying agents involved in the investigation as necessary to fully investigate and enforce potential violations of this title.
The Secretary shall establish expedited investigative procedures under this subsection to review the accreditation of a certifying agent operating in a foreign country under any of the circumstances described in subparagraph (B). The Secretary shall promptly carry out expedited investigative procedures established under subparagraph
(A)to review the accreditation of a certifying agent operating in a foreign country if— the accreditation of the certifying agent is revoked by a foreign government— operating an organic certification program described in section 2106(b)(1); or that acted under an equivalency arrangement negotiated between the United States and the foreign government; or the Secretary determines that there is a sudden and substantial increase in the rate and quantity of imports of an individual organically produced agricultural product from the foreign country, in which case the expedited investigative procedures shall be carried out with respect to each certifying agent of that agricultural product in that foreign country. .
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