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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Antibiotics for Organic Apples
  • Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:32:41 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Certain antibiotics are already approved for use on pears and apples labelled
as USDA Organic. This was the status quo. That status is up for renewal in
2014.

I was shocked as well when I read about it a few months ago in a Fruit
Growers News article.

I'm also a little surprised at those who say antibiotics are necessary to
grow even organic apples and pears. Lots of us NAFEXers have been growing
apples and pears without using antibiotics. I think a more accurate
assertion would be something like, "Antibiotics are needed to grow certain
well-known, but fireblight-susceptible, apple and pear cultivars on a
commercial scale.

Anton
North Carolina (fireblight central)


-----Original Message-----
>From: Doreen Howard <gardendiva@charter.net>
>Sent: Apr 11, 2013 9:15 PM
>To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [nafex] Antibiotics for Organic Apples
>
>The FDA is contemplating the inclusion of antibiotics in organic apples and
>pears to counter fireblight!
>http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/08/176606069/surprise-organic-apples-and-pears-aren-t-free-of-antibiotics
>Doreen Howard
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