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STEVE PHILLIPS <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Dec 1997 16:35:10 -0600
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The proposed USDA regulations on foods labeled as "organic" can be found on-line at:
 
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/
 
Generally, to label honey as organic the regs require that the bees forage predominately from areas in which no chemical pesticides or fertilizers are used.  This will be very difficult in much of the U.S.  The regs would also prohibit use of Apistan.
 
I do not claim my honey is organic, and it has always annoyed me that some other small, local producers who follow exactly management practices that I do (Apistan), still label their honey as "organic."

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