Maybe not what it purports to be when it’s from Aurora: the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that from 2003 through 2006 Aurora Organic Dairy willfully violated the federal requirements for organic milk production by illegally failing to provide pasture, and by selling milk from cows that were not fully under organic management. The […]
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Who’s in charge — FDA puts science loophole in organic labeling standards
Published by March 25th, 2007 in Consumer, Regulation, Government, Biotech, Industry, Animals, Products, Labels, Agriculture and Organic. 0 CommentsThe cloning issue leads a February 2 AP article to shed light on the relationship of USDA Organic label and GM foods.
The article Organic seal may soon mean ‘clone-free,’ too - Meat, milk from cloned animals won’t get their own warning label addresses labeling standards and public acceptance of cloned animal products in the […]
Back from hiatus…
Published by January 23rd, 2007 in Government, Marketing, Biotech, Regulation, Consumer, Labels, Food and Organic. 0 Comments…and realizing it’s time to re-focus this blog.
The topic that causes me the most distress on a personal level is genetic engineering and biotech practices and their implications for our health, environment and food supply. But there are good people out there watching and writing about this. Among them are:
The Union of Concerned Scientists Food […]
