grown, shipped and processed by supplier partners who have been certified through the National Organic Program (NOP) under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Our quality assurance professionals then verify through annual food safety audits that the products come from approved and certified organic sources. One of the challenges of continuing this program is that demand, while increasing somewhat, has not seen significant growth Approximately 231,000 cases of SYSCO Natural Organic Products were sold in fiscal 2006.