Canada Organic Biologique
It’s been a long time coming but Canadian consumers looking for organically grown food now need only to check for the new Canada Organic label.
The label ensures producers have grown the products within certain guidelines. A food product can only be stamped with the logo if 95 per cent of its ingredients are organic. The product must also have been grown using natural fertilizers, and animals must be raised in as natural an environment as possible, the federal watchdog says.
However…
If you thought that organic means pesticide-free, you may be surprised to find that’s not true. Pesticides are so pervasive in the air and in our environment that no crop can be declared totally free of synthetic chemicals. If you buy poultry that’s labelled as free-range, you cannot assume that it is also organic. The same holds true for the word “natural.” There are currently no standards on the use of the word “natural” when labelling agricultural products.
Nathan was thinking green at 9:55 AM on July 24, 2007
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