According to Natural News:
In an era where American consumers seem to be shifting towards more wholesome, healthy diets - the push for labeling of GM foods, fewer chemicals, more fruits and veggies - an organization that is supposed to be focused on promoting truly organic food is changing its standards to allow for the inclusion of synthetic substances in, of all things, baby food.
"When the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meets October 15-18, 2012, it will consider whether to include eight synthetic substances on the approved list for Certified Organic foods," said an Action Alert! last year from the Alliance for Natural Health. And the push continues today in 2013.
"The manufacturer of 'organic' baby formula is lobbying for their inclusion even though there are organic alternatives, they are not nutritionally necessary, and they might be difficult for the infant's body to process," the alert says. The ANH website adds that the board - which is a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture - is "even considering allowing genetically engineered vaccines for organic livestock."
Makes sense, adding synthetic ingredients to organic food, oh wait actually that makes no sense whatsoever. How in the world does anyone justify adding man made substances to food and still calling it organic?! Oh wait, we're in America, I keep on forgetting that in the land of the free if some sort of agency claims something to be okay, we all go along with it because there is no way a government body would do something to harm us. They're here to protect us, if they say synthetic ingredients are organic, then we'll change the definition of the word to meet those standards.
However some people still consider organic to mean:
or·gan·ic
[awr-gan-ik] Show IPA
adjective
1.
noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds thatformerly comprised only those existing in or derived fromplants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds ofcarbon.
2.
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