Oppose the Weakening of Organic Labeling Laws

A recent court decision ruled that only natural ingredients should be allowed in foods labeled as "organic." This ruling reinforces our current organic labeling law by keeping chemically-derived synthetic substances from being used in foods labeled as “organic.”

But industry groups are lobbying Congress to change the law so that artificial ingredients can be included in foods labeled “organic”! Specifically, food producers such as the Organic Trade Association, Kraft Foods and others seek to amend the Organic Foods Production Act (passed in 1990) so that synthetic substances can be used in food products labeled as "organic." They claim that consumers do not care about their use in "organic" food and are trying to slip this change into the law without any public input.

U.S. consumers clearly do care! The nonpartisan watchdog group Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports) recently conducted a nationwide survey of 1,200 adults and found that 85% of respondents said they do not expect food labeled as "organic" to contain artificial or chemically-derived ingredients.

Tell Congress that you don’t want to buy “organic” food made with artificial ingredients!



http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/860594522

 

yeah that SUCKS!

the food coop that i volunteer is doing all they can with that...

so yeah keep you hopes up...

 

if you go to the www.organicconsumers.org they have email/address links to write Congress. Plus petitions to sign.