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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USDA Organic Hangs Itself with Fructooligosaccharides
Published by June 26th, 2007 in Government, Health, News, Regulation, Action, Food, Consumer and Organic. 0 CommentsWhile the mainstream media focuses on the beer and sausages angle, buried in the language of the June 21st National Organic Program–Amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances are the chemical compounds “Fructooligosaccharides” and “Inulin-oligofructose.”
On the amended “Nonorganically Produced Agricultural Products Allowed as Ingredients…” listed between the comparatively benign-sounding non-organic Fish […]
Organic Coffee Emergency Highlights Need to Buy Fair Trade
Published by April 17th, 2007 in Consumer, Regulation, Government, News, Industry, Farming, Products, Labels, Agriculture, Food and Organic. 0 CommentsChanges to US Department of Agriculture requirements for organic certification will freeze out many organic coffee growers who relied on growers groups to bring down the cost of certification.
More on G.E. crops and USDA inaction
Published by September 2nd, 2006 in Regulation, Government, News, Action, Industry, Food, Farming and Agriculture. 0 CommentsCiting Past Contamination and USDA’s Illegal Activities, Center for Food Safety Calls for Moratorium on Genetically Engineered Crop Field Trials.
The Center for Food Safety posted an August 18 press release USDA and FDA Unaware of Identity, Location or Number of Contaminated Products detailing the actions of the USDA and includes links an urgent action to […]
