Two separate articles have crossed my desk today both dealing with the issue of attempts to weaken the USDA Organic label. First off is a report by the Cornucopia Institute on the efforts being made by agri-business to fly under the radar of organic regulation by subverting the rules of organic egg production. Giving access to the outdoors to chickens does not mean providing them with a small caged run attached to an enormous chicken shed!
Likewise The Huffington Post reported today on efforts to sneak non-organic sulphites into organic red wine. Check out Ronnie Cummins article Proposed Sulphite Amendment Weakens Organic Standards.
If you struggle with sulphites this could be a matter of life or death.
Let's hope the USDA National Organic Board remember just who they're there to protect. Definitely two stories to watch!
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