posted on November 25, 2008 11:46
If the saying “you are what you eat” is true for salmon, then the US Department of Agriculture’s recent ruling for labeling farmed fish “organic” would make farmed salmon only about three quarters organic. On Wednesday this week, the National Organic Standards Board approved the nation’s first federal ruling on organic seafood certification - which allows up to 25 percent of the salmon’s diet to have come from non-organic feed (including small wild fish), while certified organic livestock must still be fed a 100 percent organic diet.
Up until the ruling, the USDA had established no standards for organic seafood - although some retailers labeled their product organic anyway. Many are concerned that this ruling undermines the integrity of federal organic standards. In a recent Consumer’s Union poll...
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