Organic Watch Press Release: April 30, 1998

For Immediate Release: April 30, 1998           Contact: Roger Blobaum 202/537-0191 Melanie Adcock 301/258-3111 Joseph Mendelson 202/547-9359 (Washington, DC). An Organic Watch independent review of over 93,000 of the first 130,000 comments received by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on its proposed National Organic Food rules shows that the rule has been overwhelmingly…

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Organic Watch’s 16 Issues of Major Concern

Introduction. The following material was created as an aid to organizations and individuals who are preparing comments concerning the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), Agricultural Marketing Service’s, “National Organic Program; Proposed Rule” found at 62 Federal Register 65850 (December 16, 1997). Organic Watch encourages duplication and wide distribution of this material and no prior…

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