Organic Milk

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Help CFS Enforce the Integrity of Organic Milk Labels!

 

One of the Center for Food Safety’s main goals is to protect the integrity

of organic food so that consumers have a dependable, safe, and

environmentally sustainable alternative to food produced through industrial

agriculture.

 

Unfortunately, the ongoing actions of one dairy company have violated the

trust consumers place in the organic label. On August 29th the U.S. Department

of Agriculture (USDA) announced that from 2003 through 2006 Aurora Organic

Dairy willfully violated the federal requirements for organic milk production

by illegally failing to provide pasture, and by selling milk from cows that

were not fully under organic management. The end result is that you - the

organic consumer - may have paid a premium to purchase “organic†milk that

was not truly organic!

 

You can help ensure that the organic label really means organic. Companies

like Aurora hurt the integrity of the organic label, and threaten the future

of organic agriculture. While the USDA has partially addressed Aurora’s

flagrant disregard for the organic standards, Aurora been allowed to continue

to

operate and many consumers are left feeling duped. CFS expects that there

will be legal action taken against Aurora on behalf of consumers, and we want

to make sure that YOUR rights are protected.

 

Aurora sells some of its milk under its own label: High Meadows. It also

packages the majority of all private label organic milk and butter in the

country for supermarkets such as Safeway, Costco, WalMart, Target and Wild

Oats.

If you purchased store brand organic milk or butter from any of these stores,

or High Meadows, or Woodstock Farms brand, from 2003 through September 7,

2007, and are willing to speak with us about legal efforts against Aurora,

please write back to us immediately!

 

If you can, please let us know:

- the name brand of your organic milk purchases

- the name of the store where you purchased the milk

- the amount of milk you purchased per week (1/2 gal., etc)

- the price you paid for the milk

- the period of time over which you purchased the milk

 

Don’t let one bad actor ruin your support for organic agriculture! By

holding Aurora accountable for its terrible behavior, we put other companies on

notice that we will not accept any violations of the organic standards.

Together we can support the hard working farmers who are dedicated to the

integrity

of the organic label.

You can respond by replying to this email, or by emailing

_office_ (office) with

“Aurora†in the

subject line.

 

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