Bill Truesdell  wrote:

>I do not know if the Honey Organic standards for the US have been
>approved, but there are standards out there, just they are semi-official
>but can get "organic" on the label per the USDA.

Right, "semi-official standards" means you can say what you like and nobody
is going to call you on it. Not the same as the European system at all.
Without uniform standards and some form of oversight, it just boils down to
the same thing as putting the words "all natural" on a can of soda pop.

pb

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