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 [log in to unmask]