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A new 'organic' food label.
The sale of organic products will likely break $9 billion this year. But up to now, there hasn't been a standard definition of what exactly an organic food is. Different states and certifying agencies had different ideas and requirements. But all that has changed with the recent adoption by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) of the first national standards for organic food. The new rules, a decade in the making, took effect last month, although farmers and others will have until August 2002 to comply. The rules say that organic ingredients cannot have been made using sewersludge fertilizers, most synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, genetic engineering, growth hormones, irradiation, or antibiotics.
Foods labeled "100 percent organic" must contain only organic ingredients; those labeled merely "organic" must have at least 95 percent organic ingredients, by weight or fluid volume, excluding water and salt. Products "made with organic ingredients" must have at least 70 percent of such ingredients. Consumers Union has told regulators that ...
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- SunOpta Acquires Organic Ingredients, Inc.
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 13, 2004 700+ words
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- Organic Ingredients. (A-W).
- Magazine article from: Prepared Foods December 1, 2002 700+ words
...C10,F10,O10,O20,O50,Q10 Organic Ingredients Inc.--O30 Stauber Performance...Q10 Milne Fruit Products--O50 Organic Ingredients Inc.--O30 Polyphenols Laboratories...F10,O10,O20,O30,O50,Q10 Organic Ingredients Inc.--O30 Vegetable Juices Inc...
- SunOpta Exercises Option to Acquire Remaining Shares of Organic Ingredients,...
- News wire article from: Canadian Corporate News April 5, 2005 700+ words
...49.9% of the outstanding shares of Organic Ingredients, Inc. (Organic Ingredients) of Aptos, California. SunOpta initially...50.1% of the outstanding shares of Organic Ingredients on September 10, 2004, with an option...
- Organic Ingredients Inc.(fruit juice contracts)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Food Institute Report December 18, 2000 700+ words
* Organic Ingredients Inc., a unit of Petaluma...of Sicily, Italy, granting Organic Ingredients exclusive marketing rights to...several Pacific Rim countries. Organic Ingredients also closed a private joint...
- Ingredients for a debate: while the USDA considers a list of 38 non-organic...
- Magazine article from: Private Label Buyer Rivkin, Jill August 1, 2007 700+ words
...June the agency added 38 non-organic ingredients to the national list. The new list of non-organic ingredients allowed in USDA-certified...expanded list of permissible non-organic ingredients in organic foods affect the...
