> Beyond Pesticides, September 20, 2005)
> 
> ACTION ALERT:     ORGANIC STANDARDS UNDER ATTACK
>                               Write Congress TODAY
> Before It's Too Late
>                               Say NO to Dangerous
> Organic Rider on Senate
> Appropriations Bill
>                        
> 
> The Organic Trade Association and many food
> processors are asking Congress to
> change the Organic Food Production Act (OFPA) in
> ways that could allow numerous
> unreviewed synthetic substances in products labeled
> "ORGANIC" and weaken organic
> dairy standards.
> 
> CALL AND WRITE YOUR SENATORS TODAY Before the Senate
> Takes This Up As Early As
> Today!
> 
> TELL THEM NOT TO WEAKEN OUR ORGANIC LAW!!!
> 
> For instructions, sample letter, and more details,
> go to
> <http://www.beyondpesticides.org/>
> http://www.beyondpesticides.org  and see the
> Daily News Action.
> 
> A recent court decision ruled that the Organic Foods
> Production Act does not
> allow synthetic (non-natural) ingredients to be used
> in foods labeled "organic"
> and must ensure a strong standard under which dairy
> cows are converted to
> organic milk production. See Beyond Pesticides'
> article on the subject. 
> 
> After rejecting efforts by members of the public
> interest and environmental
> community to reach an agreement on these issues,
> major food processors in the
> organic food industry are pushing Congress to
> "quietly" change the law to allow
> the use of such synthetic ingredients and
> potentially weaken the organic dairy
> standards. This industry's amendments to change the
> organic food law have been
> introduced on the floor of the U.S. Senate today,
> and may be voted on as early
> as tomorrow. We need your help to defeat a weakening
> of our organic food law! 
> 
> More specifically the industry's amendments: 
> 
> **could permanently allow synthetic processing aids
> and food contact substances,
> including over 500 food contact substances, to be
> used in organic foods without
> any type of public review for their safety and
> compatibility with organic
> production and processing. 
> 
> **leave unresolved whether young dairy cows could be
> treated with antibiotics
> and then converted to organic after twelve months; 
> 
> **create a serious new loophole in which organic
> ingredients could be
> substituted with non-organic ingredients without any
> consumer notice based upon
> "emergency decrees." For more details, see
>
<http://www.beyondpesticides.org/organicfood/alerts/MythvReality.final.pdf>
> Myth
> and Reality: Proposed Amendments to OFPA Premature
> and Overreaching.
> 
> KEEP THE ORGANIC LABEL TRUTHFUL - REJECT THE
> INDUSTRY'S AMENDMENTS.
> 
> For instructions, sample letter, and more details,
> go to
> <http://www.beyondpesticides.org/>
> http://www.beyondpesticides.org and see the
> Daily News Action.
> 
> TAKE ACTION: Write a letter (use
>
<http://www.beyondpesticides.org/organicfood/alerts/PostHarveySenateActionLetter
> .pdf> sample or write your own heartfelt letter) to
> your
> <http://www.senate.gov/> Senators TODAY. 
> 
> 
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