WASHINGTON, DC- The USDA has announced a controversial proposal, with
absolutely no input from consumers, to allow 38 new non-organic
ingredients in products bearing the “USDA Organic” seal. Most of the
ingredients are food colorings derived from plants that are supposedly
not “commercially available” in organic form. But at least three of the
proposed ingredients, apparently backed by beer companies, including
Anheuser-Busch, and pork and food processors, represent a serious
threat to organic standards, and have raised the concerns of the
Organic Consumers Association (OCA), as well as a number of smaller
organic companies and organic certifiers.
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