The USA Federal Organic Standards laws still have not been written as of this Date. Nor has Federal Register comment been taken yet for the final rulemaking. This past spring a federal register comment period was due out but it was delayed until this fall in Sep/OCt which is now past. I called the NHB a couple of days ago and also the AMS in Washington DC on the Organic Standards rule making and as to when the Federal register is due out for public comments. I was told the subject matter will come up at the next NHB meeting and in the mean time I now watch Washington DC weekly/monthly looking for the Federal register to come out for comments for the final rule making. As of yet, everything is in Limbo! I myself am holding out for -zero tolerance- for anything in the way of treatments now that our first crop is in and we are expecting to double that next year. Hope this helps you with info. Regards, Dee A. Lusby Commercial Beekeeper Arizona Rangeland Honey Tucson, Arizona 1-520-748-0542 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com