permaculture

["sals3" <sals3@cox.net>]

to keep this going I would like to say that the customer may be getting GMOs 
in food marked Organic and the USDA is lying to them.

I feel the USDA is not doing enough to keep their  word and keep GMOs out of 
organic thus giving folks a choice . There is no choice thanks to the USDA 
releasing GMOs.  to me this means there is no way to keep GMO away from 
Organic and the NOP is not helping  us ,they are going along with the big 
lie.  instead of standing up to the USDA and  telling them they by releasing 
these new GMOs are really going to hurt the organic name. maybe kill it. 
but noooo they instead are deceiving  the customers and even if the organic 
food is tested and GMO are found they are still called organic.  Is it just 
me.  do any of you have any confidence in the word organic .  do you think 
is you eat organic you can not partake of the lab made DNA engineered food. 
Folks like me that want to be real organic for the customer , so the 
customer can have a confidence in our product .   Thanks USDA for taking 
over organic and killing it off by releasing GMO that take over the natural 
food and turn it into a GMO . How does the organic avoid contact with 
GMOs-that's the part I don't understand.  so even if this guy is right about 
GMO make a new pathogen that is harmful to mankind . we have no choice.



THIS IS THE Regulation that the USDA NOP says that is keeping  Organic GMO 
FREE

anyone want to read it because maybe I am missing something.

NOP regulations expressly prohibit the use of GMOs in organic production and 
handling, defining it as an "excluded method" (7 CFR 205.105). Excluded 
methods include:

A variety of methods to genetically modify organisms or influence their 
growth and development by means that are not possible under natural 
conditions or processes and are not considered compatible with organic 
production.  Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and 
macroencapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, 
gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of 
genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).  Such methods do not 
include the use of traditional breeding, conjugation, fermentation, 
hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture. (7 CFR § 
205.2-Terms defined)

Compliance with the organic standards entails that operations have 
verifiable practices in place to avoid contact with GMOs. Since organic 
certification is process-based, presence of detectable GMO residues alone 
does not necessarily constitute a violation of the regulation.

The NOP relies on organic certifiers and producers to determine preventative 
practices that would most effectively prevent contact with GMOs on an 
organic operation. The policy memo addresses frequently asked questions and 
will be incorporated in the next update of the NOP Program Handbook, 
scheduled for publication in the spring of 2011