Apparently the USDA is just as stupid as the FDA
By pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
June 26, 2007 8:04pm CST
I just got this newsletter from the Care2 website I belong to. Does this ring of stupidity or what? Now lots of people prefer to buy organically grown foods, as it's supposed to be purer than regular commercially grown food for the consumer market.
Well now it seems that the USDA has made an announcement...and it's this:
"Foods Carrying the USDA '95% Organic' Seal Are Now Allowed to Contain Factory Farmed Intestines, PCBs, and Mercury"
A total of 38 new non-organic ingredients are now going to be allowed in products bearing the "USDA Organic" seal.
So like what now is the purpose of paying the higher price for "organic" foods when they are going to have all these non-organic additives added to them?
There's even a petition one can sign if one is so inclined to do so...
See all the details here:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5750.cfm
Who puts these people in charge of the USDA anyway??
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18 responses
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Just to stop this USDA non-sense, I will grow my own organics...I am so mad, because I pay much more for organics.... :(
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
27 Jun 07
That is kind of stupid isn't it? It seems that they don't care anymore.
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@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
27 Jun 07
I'm flabbergasted to know about this one, black cat. You know very well that I was born with a lot of allergies and needed to eat more organic food rather the regular ones.
I do hope that USDA will not make a drastic decision of approving this 38 non-organic ingredients. It would be so unfair for the consumers staking out more dollars in the hope of buying safe organic food.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
13 Jul 07
Well if they are going to add so many things to organic foods, then they should at least lower the prices
@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
27 Jun 07
thanks for this post.I didn't even know the usda was gonna do this. Idiots.How can it be orgainic if it has a bunch of crap in it. Jeez! This was a good post!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Jun 07
They shouldn't charge organic prices then if they plan to add all this junk to everything
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
27 Jun 07
mercury!?
oh jeez..
it's amazing how many things are mercury contaminated now.especially fish.
you wonder how so much of the stuff seems to have gotten loose.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
13 Jul 07
Did you know that up until recently mercury was used as a partial perservative in those childhood vaccinations?
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
13 Jul 07
it's amazing what they used to add mercury to.
like those fillings?i had migraines until i had them removed.it went away almost immediately.
i'm convinced the evil things were poisoning me,irregardless of what the dentist thought.
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Wow how stupid can they get.
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@magikrose (5429)
• United States
27 Jun 07
I am confused if they are saying that Organic foods can now contain chemicles then how are they going to be organic at all? I dont get it. That is only going to make them chemicaly enhanced which is not any better than than the commercially grown foods.
That is just Bass Ackwards.
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
13 Jul 07
WOW! I'm with you - what is the point!
I haven't actually got on that kick yet though of buying organic foods. Especially considering many of them are in plastic containers. I try to buy glass whenever possible.
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Makes little sense to me- Organic is supposed to be just that- No additives, no chemicals- no anything- organic. I do not buy organic food- I will if it is on sale- but usually I buy regular food- This makes no sense of the USDA- How can something be organic if it can have any of the 38 non-organic products in the food? And yes it is a much higher price- why pay it if there are non-organics in it?
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
2 Jul 07
I went and signed the petition. I think I'm getting as good as you at it. LOL What I want to know is how the USDA can call something organic if it has all of those additives in it. I think they are contradicting themselves all over the place. Thanks for posting this hon. I will definitely be passing it on.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
2 Jul 07
I bet they are appointed. So the USDA has got their hands on the organic foods. It seems that the only way you can be sure that your food is trully organic is to either grow it yourself or hook up with a local farmers market.
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
27 Jun 07
Thank you for this post now I will not spend extra money for organic when it's not. How dumb are these people. It just gets worse and worse doesn't it.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Well my question is which government agency is going to play the part of curly, we have moe and larry here. It must be some kind of comedy routine where everybody points the finger at someone else. They all take a stupid pill everyday before making any decisions.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Yes..moe is the USDA, larry is the FDA...mmmm....Oh, I know how about the Social Security department as curly??
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Yep sounds pretty stupid to me - I can't believe we are paying for this junk plus now the government will get their share also :(
Always prefer growing my own when possible or purchasing local where I know what the people do to their fields.
@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
27 Jun 07
This makes me so mad because my family and I are trying to do the natuaral thing. We are eating more natural foods and doing things like that. We use natural remedies on our kids and ourselves as well. So glad when we move to Missouri I will at least know the people personally that we will be getting our produce from. My inlaws all grow their own fruits and vegetables.
@Aprilfreelance (96)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Organic foods have always contained a cerain amount of non-organic chemicals and additives. America does not have fresh produce markets in every town. The only way these "organic" foods can make it to supermarkets for people to buy them is by adding certain things to them. "Organic" has never meant "totally free" as far as the USDA is concerned. If you visit the USDA website, you can find the guidelines for what has always been allowed in "organic" foods.
