ABCs of organic: simple as 1-2-3. (Lifelines).A growing number of Americans are convinced; they buy organic groceries gro·cer·y n. pl. gro·cer·ies 1. A store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies. 2. groceries Commodities sold by a grocer. . And it's one of the fastest segments in American agriculture, with retail sales put at more than $7.8 billion annually. Organic food buyers tend to want their family's foods to have fewer exposures to antibiotics Antibiotics Definition Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. , growth hormones growth hormone or somatotropin (sōmăt'ətrō`pən), glycoprotein hormone released by the anterior pituitary gland that is necessary for normal skeletal growth in humans (see protein). , and pesticides. And now to make sure consumers are getting all they are paying for, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has set national standards for how food labeled organic must be produced. The three proposed levels of organic food labels are: * "100% Organic" means 100 percent of the ingredients in that product are organic. * "Organic" means that produce contains at least 95 percent organic ingredients. * "Made With Organic Ingredients" means that at least 70 percent of the product is from organic ingredients. Only the first two categories will be allowed to display a new USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. Organic seal. |
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