Guest guest Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Food imported by air may lose organic certification in Britain Foods imported into Britain by airplane may not qualify as organic if the country's main certification body has its druthers. On Friday, the Soil Association announced it will spend a year considering a proposal to factor flight distance into its organic standards. While it will ponder different labeling options, fair-trade schemes, and carbon offsets, Director Patrick Holden says there is " a pretty strong chance " that the association will end up giving the boot to flown-in foods. The Soil Association certifies more than 70 percent of organic produce sold in Britain; Holden shrugs off the possibility of losing business, saying, " f the Soil Association believes that it is in the public interest that standards must be raised, then it has a responsibility to act even at the risk of losing market share. " Doth our cynical ears deceive us? Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, the U.S. FDA has come to a tentative conclusion that cloned meat can be labeled organic. Back so soon, cynicism? straight to the source: Reuters, Nigel Hunt, 29 Jan 2007 straight to the source: The Guardian, Rebecca Smithers, 27 Jan 2007 straight to the source: The Guardian, Mark Oliver, 26 Jan 2007 straight to the source: The Washington Post, Rick Weiss, 29 Jan 2007 " Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. " -- Dwight Eisenhower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I think this is unfair. We don't produce anywhere near enough organic food in Britain, and should import at least from the rest of Europe. Jo - " fraggle " <EBbrewpunx " vegan chat " Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:44 PM for Peter W... > Food imported by air may lose organic certification in Britain > > Foods imported into Britain by airplane may not qualify as organic if the country's main certification body has its druthers. On Friday, the Soil Association announced it will spend a year considering a proposal to factor flight distance into its organic standards. While it will ponder different labeling options, fair-trade schemes, and carbon offsets, Director Patrick Holden says there is " a pretty strong chance " that the association will end up giving the boot to flown-in foods. The Soil Association certifies more than 70 percent of organic produce sold in Britain; Holden shrugs off the possibility of losing business, saying, " f the Soil Association believes that it is in the public interest that standards must be raised, then it has a responsibility to act even at the risk of losing market share. " Doth our cynical ears deceive us? Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, the U.S. FDA has come to a tentative conclusion that cloned meat can be labeled organic. Back so soon, cynicism? > > > straight to the source: Reuters, Nigel Hunt, 29 Jan 2007 > > > straight to the source: The Guardian, Rebecca Smithers, 27 Jan 2007 > > > straight to the source: The Guardian, Mark Oliver, 26 Jan 2007 > > > straight to the source: The Washington Post, Rick Weiss, 29 Jan 2007 > > " Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. " > -- Dwight Eisenhower > > > > > To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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