GMOs in USDA Organic Food

After some thorough investigation into the public proclamations and actual regulatory statutes pertaining to the USDA National Organic Program, I, Brendan Bo…
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25 Responses to "GMOs in USDA Organic Food"

IgnacioAgramonte says:

November 26, 2013 at 5:35 pm

SO EATING ORGANIC IS OK OR BETTER, AN ORGANIC FOOD CAN BE GMO YET ?
Marissa L says:

November 26, 2013 at 6:23 pm

I think that they were talking about allowing the land to be eligible to be
used before they actually completed the transition period between
non-organic and organic. However, I think that this paragraph is still
stating that they prohibit the use of non-organic seed and GMO seeds for
the use of cultivating the organic produce.
codiciosa tigre says:

November 26, 2013 at 6:42 pm

you are simple RIGHT MAN, at least you know whats in your food.
SootyHunt says:

November 26, 2013 at 7:35 pm

Simple, dont buy organic from the supermarket !!!!!
Soulofgold Louise says:

November 26, 2013 at 7:58 pm

Europe is doing the same thing too buddy…
Chuck Jones says:

November 26, 2013 at 8:39 pm

Even if a law is passed that would make it illegal not to label gmos it
will not change anything in America. The United States government has made
it clear that the law does not matter, they have never let a law stop them
from lying or anything for that matter.
cindysoule . says:

November 26, 2013 at 9:16 pm

What do we do ?? We all have to eat and trying to figure out ho to not be
duped is impossible. I know that we vote with our dollars but if the GMO
products are not being labeled then that is not the vote I’m intending.
Jay Beam says:

November 26, 2013 at 9:49 pm

Thanks for the info. Don’t know what to eat
Jan Tijmes says:

November 26, 2013 at 10:32 pm

agreed. i desire keeping my comments focused on my outcome. I rarely use
foul language, and yet messing with my food has got me twisted up at times.
I watch how GMOs and the common sweeteners in our foods affect the psyches
of my little girls. If they touch this food, they become angry, impolite,
whiny, and uncooperative, and sometimes strange red spots and rough skin
patches appear on their bodies.. And this shows me clearly what it’s doing
to me and my body.
loveyrocks says:

November 26, 2013 at 10:34 pm

I truly agree with you
eyes2seebeyond says:

November 26, 2013 at 11:09 pm

best advice ive seen in awhile ! thx
Matt Koshko says:

November 26, 2013 at 11:39 pm

In some ways…you need to shop outside the US.
Brendan Bombaci says:

November 27, 2013 at 12:17 am

So important.
finn6861 says:

November 27, 2013 at 1:12 am

may matter in legal terms,but not to the Organic consumer.Crops
contaminated with genetically modified organism residue are “a little
pregnant”.Either you are or you’re not.Intent should not be a guidleine in
certification.This concept of intent also seems to be guarding the GMO
industry in recent laws enacted to protect them from lawsuits even if found
to be harmful.If high organic standards can’t be followed,as you state for
certain circumstances- don’t label organic & don’t charge for it
dmfan8604 says:

November 27, 2013 at 1:57 am

3. Around 3:32 you state that the definition of Organic does not include an
plant or organism that has not been subjected to genetic modification. Yes,
it does…. that come by way of following the regulations that are
mentioned in the definition. Check out NOP 205.105(e). This states that
excluded methods (GMOs) can never be used. As a certifier, we take this
very seriously.
jafinke says:

November 27, 2013 at 2:49 am

So what do we do? I’m just trying to find out info to keep my family from
GMO’s and everyday Chemicals. I feel it’s a losing battle.
dmfan8604 says:

November 27, 2013 at 3:31 am

In this case, the producer can not label their product with the organic
seal and those crops can not be used in processed foods that use the
organic seal. This is to reduce the burden on small farmers selling their
products at farmers markets.
kairological says:

November 27, 2013 at 3:50 am

Nate: just because there are no GMOs in your farmed produce does not mean
that it is the same case for other farms. Especially questionable are the
food giant corporations with little organic companies who moreso than not
have great support for Monsanto and friends. If you read the documentation
in the video for yourself, you will see that, indeed, GMOs can be in
certified organic foods, and there are no federal tolerance levels for them
– therefore, no punishment, when guidelines are met.
dmfan8604 says:

November 27, 2013 at 3:57 am

5. At 4:45 you bring up the seed standards in 204.205. First, it says that
organic seed and planting stock MUST be used, except in the following cases
(when you say that producers only use organic seeds for sprouts, this is
false). Producers must complete a search in good faith for organic seed
first and we do look at their search records. If the can not find organic
then they may use non-organic untreated seed. The seed doesn’t have to be
certified, but it still can not be from a GMO source.
finn6861 says:

November 27, 2013 at 4:22 am

GMOs cannot be used with intent.Big difference in allowing that & crops
contaminated with residue to still aquire Organic certification.The motives
are clear-This is a blatant loophole to protect Biotech industry from
backlash over the contamination of other products their product
causes.Eliminating the possiblity of lawsuit for loss of income which could
be brought with loss of certification by a contaminated Organic
grower.Bottom line:The technical difference between GMO use & GMO residue
cont
dmfan8604 says:

November 27, 2013 at 5:04 am

4. If you point out, as you did at 4:25, that an excluded method is not an
excluded life form or organism then I will say any organism that has been
developed by an excluded method is out automatically. Excluded methods
can’t be used and neither can their products. Again GMOs are made by an
excluded method and CAN NOT be used in organic production. Lets keep this
in mind going forward.
dmfan8604 says:

November 27, 2013 at 5:42 am

6. For the temporary variances that you mention at 6:15, the Administrator
of the NOP must decide when these variances are used and it is very rare. A
business interruption such as staffing would not be granted a variance.
Texas, recently had a very serious drought. Most livestock ranchers were
having difficulty getting any hay for their animals and it still took leg
work to get a variance granted for the organic livestock to use non-organic
hay. These variances are also posted online.
finn6861 says:

November 27, 2013 at 5:55 am

When Big Business got wind that Organics was a multibillion dollar market
they set out immediately to insert themselves with the greatest profit
margins which meant diminishing the strict standards originally set by
California,replacing them with the Corporate influenced USDA standards.From
that time onward the bar for Organics was lowered & those consumers who
built the original market knew it.Small & local is the only answer now-But
that was the origin of Organic philosophy to begin with.
Jan Tijmes says:

November 27, 2013 at 6:32 am

Dear United States Government, You are asking for a war to be waged against
you. We will fight soon if these tactics continue. We are being poisoned by
the air, water, soil, animals, and plants that have been all manipulated
genetically. Europe does not want you, but Europe is not safe from you. No
one is safe from you. It is already too late, dipshits. This was the fall
of Atlantis and other great civilizations. We will now join rank due to
your war against Mother Nature and war against food.
dmfan8604 says:

November 27, 2013 at 6:32 am

2. Around 1:53 you eventually come to the conclusion that the products and
methods mentioned can be used into certification. This is FALSE. These
items can only be used during the transition period (the three years where
no prohibited substances may be applied to the ground) but once the farm is
certified these practices that don’t otherwise make the soil ineligible
MUST STOP.

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