Comparisons Of The EU and US Organic Regulations ** Martin and Chris

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aromamedical2003 <aromamedical-2

Tue, 06 Apr 2004 21:59:59 -0000

Re: Comparisons Of The EU and US Organic

Regulations

 

 

Re EEC versus USA - OG regulations.

 

Thanks for that .pdf file link Chris.

 

As I expected, these regulations are nothing but the usual

bureaucratic garbage.

 

The missing factor is the *policing* of these regulations. That is

severely lacking in all EEC generated organic growing regulations.

Any bureaucrat can make up rules, but it is a completely futile

exercise if the rules are unenforced or are unenforceable.

 

I spotted a glaring error in the US regulations where it

states " Sodium nitrate - US allows the use of sodium nitrate for up

to 20% of the crops nitrogen requirement, EU prohibits use of sodium

nitrate " .

 

Since when was this CHEMICAL fertilizer part of a genuine organic

growing regime?

 

Similarly the US regulations allow the use of " specific antibiotics

to control plant diseases " . It does not specify if those should be

natural or synthetic.

 

Maybe there are OG certification organizations in the USA who enforce

much more stringent regulations. I know there are many genuine OG

growers there among the cowboy growers. Indeed I feel very sorry for

the genuine OG growers who are met by this kind of none-organic

bureaucratic bullshit. You certainly cannot rely on your National

standards to guarantee anything.

 

Martin

 

 

, " Christine Ziegler "

<chrisziggy@e...> wrote:

> Since we've been discussing this topic, I figured this was some info

> that might be interesting to some following the thread and topic.

>

> Comparisons Of The EU and US Organic Regulations

> http://www.oeko-regelungen.de/db/pdf/comparison_eu_usa.pdf

>

> It is actually quite an interesting comparison!

>

> *Smile*

> Chris (list mom)

> http://www.alittleolfactory.com