{"id":63,"date":"2007-07-28T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2007-07-29T02:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timony.com\/mickzblog\/2007\/07\/28\/organic\/"},"modified":"2007-07-28T18:36:05","modified_gmt":"2007-07-29T02:36:05","slug":"organic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timony.com\/mickzblog\/2007\/07\/28\/organic\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great, big companies are trying to cash in on Organic produce by having the definition of what is organic changed to included “19 food colorings, two starches, casings for sausages, hops, fish oil, chipotle<\/a> chili pepper, gelatin, celery powder, dill weed oil, frozen lemon grass, and a sweetener called fructooligosaccharides.”<\/p>\n

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On June 9th, the USDA added 38 non-organic ingredients to the national list: These 38 items, chosen from more than 600 requested by food manufacturers, can now be used as minor ingredients in 95 percent organic products if a company can prove to its certifier that an organic version is not available in the quality or quantity needed.<\/p>\n

“There are a lot of organic farmers and a lot of organic producers who are very concerned about this,” says Phil Lempert, consumer reporter and the Supermarket Guru on NBC’s Today Show. “They worry that by adding these 38 ingredients it actually diminishes the importance and the credibility of a lot of the organic products that are out there.”
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