Comments on: What Does Organic Mean For The Goods You Buy? http://thegoodhuman.com/2011/02/03/what-does-organic-label-mean-for-the-goods-you-buy/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Wed, 16 May 2012 21:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: OrganicTrade http://thegoodhuman.com/2011/02/03/what-does-organic-label-mean-for-the-goods-you-buy/#comment-6790 OrganicTrade Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:11:17 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=3056#comment-6790 Thank you for sharing this information about organic with your readers. The Organic Trade Association would like to reiterate a point made by the previous commenter.Minor ingredients used in organic food must come from a list of approved substances that have been evaluated for safety and their impact on both human and environmental health. By law, these ingredients must make up 5% or less of the total ingredients used to make organic food. Organic. It's worth it. Thank you for sharing this information about organic with your readers. The Organic Trade Association would like to reiterate a point made by the previous commenter.Minor ingredients used in organic food must come from a list of approved substances that have been evaluated for safety and their impact on both human and environmental health. By law, these ingredients must make up 5% or less of the total ingredients used to make organic food.

Organic. It’s worth it.

]]> By: Danika @ Your Organic Life http://thegoodhuman.com/2011/02/03/what-does-organic-label-mean-for-the-goods-you-buy/#comment-6789 Danika @ Your Organic Life Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:00:24 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=3056#comment-6789 Thanks for this David, a lot of people don't understand this info. Also, they don't understand that the 5% of ingredients that are allowed in certified organics also have strict criteria. Not just any ingredient is allowed. While these standards were set up for food, personal care products have been able to qualify too. When you see personal care products that are certified organic, they are certified to the same food-grade standards you mentioned here. That's a high standard for personal care as it's hard to formulate a product that qualifies for organic certification AND actually works. Until 2001 when Miessence became the 1st personal care range in the world to be certified organic, it was thought not to even be possible. People often ask me about organic cosmetics. It's even more difficult to get organic cosmetics because USDA certification only covers agricultural ingredients, not all natural ingredients. Most all natural cosmetics have ingredients that are natural, but not agricultural such as minerals, clays, etc and therefore don't qualify for certification. Thanks for this David, a lot of people don’t understand this info. Also, they don’t understand that the 5% of ingredients that are allowed in certified organics also have strict criteria. Not just any ingredient is allowed.

While these standards were set up for food, personal care products have been able to qualify too. When you see personal care products that are certified organic, they are certified to the same food-grade standards you mentioned here. That’s a high standard for personal care as it’s hard to formulate a product that qualifies for organic certification AND actually works. Until 2001 when Miessence became the 1st personal care range in the world to be certified organic, it was thought not to even be possible.

People often ask me about organic cosmetics. It’s even more difficult to get organic cosmetics because USDA certification only covers agricultural ingredients, not all natural ingredients. Most all natural cosmetics have ingredients that are natural, but not agricultural such as minerals, clays, etc and therefore don’t qualify for certification.

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