There's a new task force in town, and it's here to make sure your organic food is actually organic.

The Washington Post reported in May that a shipment of 36 million pounds of ordinary soybeans, sprayed with pesticides before and during their journey from Ukraine and Turkey, suddenly became "organic" when they reached the port of Stockton, Calif. The added USDA Organic label increased the soybeans' value by $4 million.

The Post also reported on two similar prior incidents, both involving millions of pounds of corn or soybeans shipped to the U.S. from Turkey. The shipments represent about 7 percent of annual organic corn imports and 4 percent of organic soybean imports to the U.S.

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say they're investigating the matter, but declined to identify any of the firms or shipments involved.

Enter the organic food industry – specifically the Organic Trade Association – which is taking matters into its own hands by developing the task force and methods for companies to ensure organic imports are what they claim to be.

"There is a strong desire on the part of industry to stop the incidence of fraud in organic," said Laura Batcha, director of the association, to the Washington Post.

"The consumer expects that organic products are verified back to the farm," Batcha continued. "The industry takes that contract with the consumer very seriously."

But some U.S. farmers are skeptical. They say they've been waiting for years for the industry to take fraudulent organics seriously, and that the task force must go beyond just developing "best practices."

While most food labeled USDA Organic is grown in the United States, at least half of some organic commodities, from corn and soybeans to coffee, come from as many as 100 countries.

Read More:

• The labels said ‘organic.' But these massive imports of corn and soybeans weren't. (Washington Post)
• Millions of pounds of apparently fake ‘organic' grains convince the food industry there may be a problem (Washington Post)