The organic standards board shall have powers and duties to do all of the following:
1. Monitor conditions, practices, policies, programs, and procedures affecting the production, handling, processing, and sale of organic agricultural products.
2. Establish a schedule of state fees as provided in section 190C.5.
3. Compile materials or a list of materials which may assist producers, handlers, processors, and sellers of organic agricultural products in complying with this chapter.
4. Assist the department in the development and interpretation of requirements of this chapter, including requirements established pursuant to this chapter, including standards regarding the production, processing, handling, and selling of organic agricultural products and other matters of concern to the producers, handlers, processors, and retailers of organic agricultural products.
5. Approve or disapprove applications for certification, after reviewing applications, inspection reports, and other materials submitted by applicants. The board may suspend a decision to approve or disapprove an application until an application is complete or additional materials relating to the application are provided to the board.
6. Establish procedures pursuant to rules adopted by the department governing appeals of decisions made by the department or board under this chapter, including final agency action under chapter 17A.
98 Acts, ch 1205, §3, 20
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