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The agency is considering a list of 38 non-organic spices, colorings and other ingredients that would be allowed in products it deems 'organic.'

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Beau7890
June 9, 2007, 11:09 a.m.
From the article:
"But many beer drinkers may not know that Anheuser-Busch has the organic blessing from federal regulators even though Wild Hop Lager uses hops grown with chemical fertilizers and sprayed with pesticides."
Honestly. How does the USDA justify this? Oh--they don't.
"USDA spokeswoman Joan Shaffer declined to comment on the plan."
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ameliog
June 9, 2007, 1:20 p.m.
Here we go again. "Organic" will be watered down to the point of meaninglessness, like "light" in "light food". Thanks to our government, the consumer has to work harder than ever to find the truth and safety of products in the marketplace.
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Deidre
June 9, 2007, 3:36 p.m.
It seems to me that the feds have gotten pressure from various food producers who want to cash in on the hunger for organics.
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Rigel
June 9, 2007, 3:39 p.m.
There will just need to be a new term for "truly" organic items, at least until that gets compromised too. Ugh.
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Neophile
June 9, 2007, 3:52 p.m.
This is getting ridiculous. Soon the only way you'll know something is organic is if you grow/produce it yourself.
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KSUmarksman
June 9, 2007, 5:11 p.m.
funny as a chemist I have yet to meet an inorganic food...
humans just can't make energy out of non-carbon-based molecules ; )
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evelyna
June 9, 2007, 10:41 p.m.
The standard should be risen and not lowered. A lot of people from foreign countries cannot believe the amount of sodium and other chemicals put into baby foods.
Sodium needs to be removed from foods. There is way too much and the cause of high blood pressure.
Do we need chemicals and fillers in our food?
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FRICKANDFRACK
June 9, 2007, 11:18 p.m.
Mustn't upset the commie Chinese,so next we allow industrial waste in food so their tooth paste,chewing gum and foods producers will never need worry about our silly little regulations.After all whats a little anti-freeze among friends.
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ningyo
June 10, 2007, 8:31 a.m.
that little USDA ORGANIC circle is getting more and more meaningless daily--what is happening here and very popular are food co-ops funding real organic farms--you buy your shares and get part of whatever they grow--its truly fresh and you can different things for most of the year--they fill up as soon as they open and so far have remained fairly small operations--couple hundred families each--local produce..good idea
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stephen-johnson
June 10, 2007, 9:17 a.m.
((The agency is considering a list of 38 non-organic spices, colorings and other ingredients that would be allowed in products it deems 'organic.))
Hopefully, none of the ingredients will be from China
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evelyna
June 10, 2007, 9:29 a.m.
If the label is useless the extra cost for organics will be too. Most people do not care what they eat any way. They can buy the other foods.
Organic is making a huge profit and corporations want to get involved so they can rape the industry.
Why don't they just raise their standard?