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Subject: [permaculture] I think this means that the customer is being lied to by the USDA when they say orgainic means no GMOs in organic
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:20:55 -0700
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 ยง
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
[permaculture] I think this means that the customer is being lied to by the USDA when they say orgainic means no GMOs in organic,
sals3, 04/15/2011