Organic Standards Under Attack - Take Action Now

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Say NO to Dangerous Organic Rider on Senate Appropriations Bill

 

http://www.healthactioncenter.org/action/index.asp?step=2 & item=27854

 

Organic food standards are facing the largest challenge since the USDA's

1997 proposal to allow toxic sludge, genetically engineered organisms and

irradiation on oragnic farms.

 

This week, the U.S. Senate, under pressure from large food processors,

plans to attach a rider to the 2006 Agriculture Appropriation Bill that will

weaken the integrity of organic standards. We urgently need natural health

consumers like you to contact your Senator and demand that he or she oppose this

rider.

 

Click Here to Take Action Today! Tell your Senators to keep organic

organic.

 

http://www.healthactioncenter.org/action/index.asp?step=2 & item=27854

 

Under this proposal the USDA may:

 

- permanently allow synthetic processing aids and food contact

substances, including over 500 food contact substances, to be used in

organic foods without any type of public review for their safety and

compatibility with organic production and processing.

 

- leave unresolved whether young dairy cows could be treated with

antibiotics and then converted to organic after twelve months;

 

- create a serious new loophole in which organic ingredients could be

substituted with non-organic ingredients without any consumer notice

based upon " emergency decrees. "

 

Please take action NOW to protect organic standards.

 

Sincerely,

 

Ana Micka

President/CEO

Citizens for Health

 

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