Dennis Archer and/or Butch AFNOR & GC or GC/MS

January 19, 2004

I have a friend from another list on an entirely different subject who just

joined up with a company called Le Rive. She is all gung ho so I'm assuming it

is MLM and I really don't like MLMs but aside from that, do you know anything

about the company and/or have an opinion?

Peggy

Butch quoted Martin on 18 January 2004 6:56:

> Martin Watt has written to me .. about ISO:

>

> " They are not set up to " give a seal of approval " to any essential oils.

> Instead they used to publish ISO standards which were so weak anyone

> could make an oil fit them by mixing the chemicals in their garage!

> Even now most of their standards for essential oils are pretty much a

> trade joke because some of the people involved in setting the standards

> also trade in essential oils-need I say more! They are simply a set of

> chemical criteria you should meet to be able to call your oil " lavender "

> but ISO have no means to police this or much else for that matter. "

> UNQUOTE .. from Martin.

We have an expression down here `You could drive a truck thru 'em'.

Standards Australia, which does the same thing here in Aus, is not a

Government body. It's a commercial enterprise.

Dennis Archer

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