OT? I assume this applies to so-called organic pet food too...

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FurPaw - 29 Jul 2007 00:41 GMT

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-organic9jun09,0,2604359,full.story?coll=la
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http://preview.tinyurl.com/36gxve

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USDA may relax standards for organic foods

The agency is considering a list of 38 nonorganic spices,
colorings and other ingredients that would be allowed in products
it deems 'organic.'

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In addition to hops, the list includes 19 food colorings, two
starches, casings for sausages and hot dogs, fish oil, chipotle
chili pepper, gelatin and a host of obscure ingredients (one, for
instance, is a "bulking agent" and sweetener with the
tongue-twisting name of fructooligosaccharides [FOS, Inulin]).

"Under the agency's proposal, as much as 5% of a food product
could be made with these ingredients and still get the "USDA
organic" seal."

I have to wonder... how many of these additives are manufactured
in other countries, under conditions that would not meet USDA/FDA
approval?

FurPaw

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Many Dogs (flick) - 30 Jul 2007 03:16 GMT

> The agency is considering a list of 38 nonorganic spices, colorings and
> other ingredients that would be allowed in products it deems 'organic.'
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> FurPaw

I'd wonder where they're manufactured, too.

By "nonorganic" is meant what, exactly? They come from plants/animals not
grown organically? Sure sounds like Big Food Manufacturers want to cash in
on the organic craze and market some organic labeled convenience foods.

Inulin, btw, is naturally present in several things, one being Jerusalem
artichokes.

flick 100785

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OT? I assume this applies to so-called organic pet food too...