Re: Botulism/packaged vegies

Cecile Mills (seaseal@got.net)
Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:46:07 -0700

Erorganic@aol.com wrote:

>Secondly, OFPA states: "ß2111 HANDLING.
>(a) IN GENERAL. For a handling operation to be certified under this title,
>each person on such handling operation shall not, with respect to any
>agricultural product covered by this title
>(7) use, in such product water that does not meet all Safe Drinking Water Act
>requirements."
>
>So, spourt treated as FDA directs qualify as "organically produced."

If sprouts treated with chlorinated water are considered "organically
produced". I have two questions:

* what other chemicals are allowed on *organic* foods? (I was under the
impression that none were.)

* why have some sprout growers closed up shop recently

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