Sun 16 Mar 2008
It is always nice to find good stories in amongst all the news of the world getting worse. This one from the Organic Consumers Association (OCA).
As we all know, contamination is incredibly widespread, with over 200 cases across 57 countries in the last decade. To avoid eating GE, one generally feels safe eating organic, but there is no requirement to test for contamination from GMOs.
The OCA reported a couple days ago that a range of players from the organic food industry are meeting in Anaheim, California to discuss testing requirements for organic food. They are expected to release a report soon, so we will stay tuned.
Full story here
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September 16th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
[...] There was a meeting back in March of all major players in organic agriculture and processing to call for GMO testing, but there was no follow-up press release, so the outcome is unknown. The promised report has also [...]