Originally published November 3 2005
Congress passes provision to allow artificial ingredients in organic food
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Senate and House Republicans on the Agriculture appropriations committee have seemingly bowed to the interests of major food companies seeking to share in the profitable organic food business by lowering food standards for the industry.
Organic food is supposed to mean that it's all natural, adhering to rigid standards, right?
As an illuminating and disturbing article in today's The New York Times explains, "last week, Senate and House Republicans on the Agriculture appropriations committee inserted a last-minute provision into the department's fiscal 2006, specifying that certain artificial ingredients could be used in organic food."
You mean all those tasty, delicious tomatoes, apples, celery and more that many of us enjoy might be polluted with artificial substances that we've been seeking so hard to avoid?
Indeed, as reporter Melanie Warner explains, some advocacy groups worry that the "amendment will weaken federal organic food standards, first established under a 1990 law."
Why would our lawmakers allow organic foods to lose the purity that consumers seek?
Well, it all seems to come down to the fact that major food companies are now wanting a share of the fast-growing $12 billion organic food market.
Ronnie Cummns, national director of the Organic Consumers Association, tells the New York Times that the initiative is "a sneak attack engineered by the likes of Kraft, Dean Foods and Smucker's."
Eating scrumptious, juicy, organic veggies and fruits helps me and many others to stay away from all those processed sweets.
In fact, crunching into an organic Fuji apple wards off my desires for cookies or candies.
I don't want my delicious organic foods messed up with artificial chemicals!
Check out this fascinating article to learn more.
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