National Organic Standards Board Votes to Crack Down on Labeling Fraud

Conversations from the corner office:

It's never to late:
As an avid Neways product distributor and user, I'm happy we don't have to read labels. For 20 years, Neways has stood on the firm ground of honesty and integrity in label and in content. www.livesafeandhealthy.net.
For the rest, its good to know that things are changing for the better, or at least we hope.
Posted by Rick and Julia Irrgang
Nov. 13th 2009

Alert Updates of the Week

National Organic Standards Board Votes to Crack Down on Labeling Fraud

Victory on Organic Body Care and Cosmetics Products

In a milestone victory after years of work by the OCA and the organic community to demand an end to blatant labeling fraud in the organic marketplace the National Organic Standards Board voted 12 to 1 at their November 2009 meeting to direct the USDA National Organic Program to enforce the law for organic personal care products - just as they do for organic food. This means that shampoos, body care products, and cosmetics that claim to be organic but are not certified would be forced to drop their organic label and advertising claims, or else reformulate their products (getting rid of petrochemicals and problematic synthetic ingredients) to meet "USDA Organic" or "made with organic ingredients" standards.
The Organic Consumers Association is initiating a letter-writing campaign asking the USDA to take quick action on the NOSB recommendation. While we wait for the USDA to begin enforcement actions, we're calling on consumers to boycott fake, falsely labeled organic body care brands, and instead to buy only USDA certified organic products.

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