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Fresh Organic Free Range Chemical Free Natural What?

Fresh Organic Free Range Chemical Free Natural What?. Matthew Sender. A Plethora of Terminology. There a long list of terms used to inform and sway consumers. Who defines the terms and what are the end results on the products? . Who Defines the Terms. USDA 1990

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Fresh Organic Free Range Chemical Free Natural What?

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  1. Fresh Organic Free Range Chemical Free Natural What? Matthew Sender

  2. A Plethora of Terminology There a long list of terms used to inform and sway consumers. Who defines the terms and what are the end results on the products?

  3. Who Defines the Terms • USDA 1990 • Organic foods production act • 21 pages of legalese spelling out what organic means.

  4. Certified • Inspected by USDA and assigned a certain grade • Ex. Certified angus beef http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Meat_&_Poultry_Labeling_Terms/index.asp#4

  5. Chemical Free

  6. Free Range http://www.freerangechickenfeed.com/ http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2007/05/the-difficult-lives-and-deaths-of-factory-farmed-chickens/

  7. Natural No artificial coloring, ingredients, and minimally processed

  8. No Hormones Poultry/Pork Beef Manufacturer has to provide sufficient documentation

  9. No Antibiotics Producer has to provide sufficient proof to USDA that the animals were raised without antibiotics

  10. Organic Produce • No synthetic fertilizers • No pesticides • No natural poisons that have long term effects • (lead salts, arsenic) • No plastic mulch

  11. Organic Livestock • Fed organically produced feed. • Cannot use plastic pellets for roughage • No manure refeeding • No urea in feed • No growth hormones • No sub-theraputic antibiotics • Medicines can only be used to treat illness

  12. What are the consequences of the “organic” tag? • Poultry • Beef • Produce

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