The USDA announced it would start over and rewrite the proposed organic food regulations.  A news release can be found at:
 
http://www.usda.gov/news/releases/1998/05/0205
 
An AP wire story on the standards can be found today at :
 
http://wire.ap.org/APnews/main.html?BOOK=V0160
 
Apparently the opposition was that the regulations were not strict enough.
 
Steve Phillips
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