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People spends a lot more money on organic food, then non-organic food. They also pay a lot in taxes, which in part, go towards funding the U.S.D.A. With the help from groups like organic consumers association, the U.S.D.A. is doing a better job, at making sure that consumers that are paying for the high price organic foods, are getting what they pay for. Consumers of organic foods are not only concerned because they what to get what they paying for, but because they what to provide their body with healthier foods . If you buy organic food, please read the following short article, and go to their site, and help them help you
SAFEGUADING ORGANIC STANDARDS:
OCA CALLS FOR REVIEW BOARD TO MONITOR THE USDA ORGANIC PROGRAM
Last week, Organic Bytes reported on the USDA’s August 5 announcement that half of the accredited organic certifiers under investigation failed the agency’s recent audits. The USDA audit report, combined with two recent food safety recalls of tainted organic ginger and beef sent shockwaves through the organic industry. After years of pressure from watchdog groups like the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), the Cornucopia Institute, and others, the USDA has finally acknowledged publicly that there are problems in its monitoring and enforcement of the National Organic Program (NOP). In responding to the media over the USDA’s audits, and recent food safety recalls by Whole Foods Markets and others of Chinese organic ginger and e-coli tainted organic beef, the OCA has emphasized that the overwhelming majority of organic farmers, producers, and certifiers are indeed “playing by the rules,” but we need to stop unscrupulous certifiers and USDA bureaucrats from allowing U.S. factory farm dairy feedlots (operated by or selling to Aurora and Horizon Organic), Chinese importers, and body care companies from labeling their products as “organic” when in fact they are not. We need a professional, well-funded and independent NOP Peer Review Board, composed of respected members of the organic community, as required by law, and we need it now.
Learn more and take action: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_13943.cfm |
