Here is a link to a approving agency for the USDA organic label in the
US. It is sort of a stopgap set of rules since I know of no approved US
standards.
http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/organic_standards.htm
These standards vary by state.
This is almost a copy of the EU standards and allows all those things
that are not considered organic by some of the more pure, like
antibiotics, formic, oxalic and the other "organic" acids. Wonder why
Carbolic acid was left out since it is organic. Or Glacial Acetic Acid
which is organic and does a great job on warts, also organic.
It is interesting that you could have lots of "organic" honey just by
moving colonies, extract quickly and then all the rest is organic.Maybe
that is why it is called the Organic "Movement".
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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