Organic Integrity Questioned

by Kimberly Kindy and Lyndsey Layton — last modified July 05, 2009 04:24 PM

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Keywords: Organic: News

July 3 Article in the Washington Post cites growing tensions over the integrity of the organic standards

"The market's expansion is fueling tension over whether the federal program should be governed by a strict interpretation of "organic" or broadened to include more products by allowing trace elements of non-organic substances. The argument is not over whether the non-organics pose a health threat, but whether they weaken the integrity of the federal organic label."