Updated excerpt from Codex Alimentarius and Food Irradiation in the U.S.
by Brandon Turbeville
Farm Wars: I have written several articles dealing with the risk assessment methods used by Codex Alimentarius (definition) in order to water down the levels of nutrition available in vitamin and mineral supplements, as well as the potential removal of many supplements from the market entirely. Continue reading “Codex Alimentarius and Food Irradiation in the U.S.”
Reprint from NaturalNews:
The US Department of Agriculture is once again deliberately shirking its responsibility to properly oversee the integrity of the certified organic program. After admitting in a recent letter that a synthetic omega-3 fatty acid additive produced by Martek Biosciences Corporation is not legitimately organic, the USDA also said in the same letter that it does not plan to take any enforcement action against companies that use it in certified organic products. The Cornucopia Institute (CI), a leading organic industry watchdog, continues to call the USDA out on the matter, exposing the fact that the additive not only has a questionable safety record, but also does not belong in any organic product until properly approved. Continue reading “USDA refuses to enforce organic standards, allows questionable omega-3s in Horizon organic milk”
Press release: organicvalley.coop ) We stand united in opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to once again allow unlimited, nationwide commercial planting of Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa, despite the many risks to organic and conventional farmers. Continue reading “WE STAND UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO GE ALFALFA”