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Subject:
USDA to scraps proposed organic standards
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STEVE PHILLIPS <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 8 May 1998 10:25:05 -0500
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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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