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THE COMPANY STATES ON THEIR PRODUCT LABEL THAT THE HONEY IS RAW AND ORGANIC. WHEN I REQUESTED INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM THE COMPANY AS TO WHO THEY WERE WORKING WITH IN BRAZIL-- (WHICH IS THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FOR THIS PRODUCT)-- TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS INDEED MEETING THE USDA ORGANIC CERTIFICATION STANDARDS, THE COMPANY REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHOM THEY WERE USING AS A CERTIFICATION AGENCY IN BRAZIL. THEY INSTEAD REFERRED ME TO A 3RD PARTY CERTIFICATION AGENCY IN THE U.S.--QAI--WHO DO NOT HAVE ANY REPRESENTATIVE AGENTS IN BRAZIL TO DO THE CERTIFICATION! I CONTACTED THEM TO VERIFY THIS. FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS WHOLE USDA ORGANIC CERTIFICATION PROCESS -FOR FOOD PRODUCTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES--HOW IT WORKS IS THAT ANY COMPANY THAT WANTS TO BRING IN A PRODUCT FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND SELL IT AS RAW AND ORGANIC... MEETING THE USDA ORGANIC STANDARDS...HAS TO WORK WITH A CERTIFICATION AGENCY THAT ACTUALLY HAS REPRESENTATIVES IN THAT COUNTRY PRODUCING THE PRODUCT. THESE CERTIFICATION AGENCIES ARE LISTED ON THE USDA ORGANIC WEBSITE PAGE. YOU TYPE IN THE COUNTRY YOU WANT TO CHECK ON, AND THE USDA WEBSITE PULLS UP A LIST OF ALL THE CERTIFIERS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THAT COUNTRY THAT ARE APPROVED BY USDA TO OVERSEE AND APPROVE THE PRODUCTION OF THE FOOD PRODUCT SO AS TO MEET USDA ORGANIC STANDARDS. ANY ONE OF THE USDA APPROVED CERTFIERS IN THAT COUNTRY (BRAZIL) THEN SUBMITS THEIR DOCUMENTATION TO THE COMPANY WHOSE PRODUCT THEY HAVE 'USDA ORGANIC' APPROVED. THEN, THAT COMPANY, IN TURN, SUBMITS IT TO A 3RD PARTY U.S. BASED CERTIFICATION AGENCY--IN THIS CASE QAI--AND QAI REVIEWS THE DOCUMENTS, DECIDING WHETHER TO STAMP ITS APPROVAL FOR USDA ORGANIC STANDARD. FOR SOME, THIS WAY OF CERTIFICATION MAY SUFFICE. AS FOR ME, IT DOES NOT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, AS A CONSUMER, WHO IN BRAZIL IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN OVERSEEING AND VALIDATING THE QUALITY OF A PRODUCT...ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES... I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS COMPANY WAS NOT MORE TRANSPARENT AND FORTHCOMING WITH THE INFORMATION I REQUESTED. THERE SHOULD BE A HIGHER STANDARD SET WHEN OFFERING WHOLESOME RAW ORGANICS PRODUCTS TO THE PUBLIC. CONSUMERS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW...AND I FEEL THAT I WAS BEING GIVEN A RUN AROUND...WHEN THE COMPANY RESPONDED TO MY CONCERNS, THEIR REPLY WAS EVASIVE, AND NOT SATISFACTORY.