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Default Organic milk sold at ...... not organic at all

Sqwertz > wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:18:00 -0500, Dee.Dee wrote:


>> The lawsuits allege that Costco Wholesale Corp., Wal-Mart
>> Stores Inc., Target Corp., Safeway Inc. and Wild Oats Markets
>> Inc. sold Aurora's milk under their own in-house brand names.


>What a bunch of bull****, IMO. The claimants have included (and
>publicized for shock value) top retailers in their lawsuit even
>though the responsibility of organic certification lies with the
>manufacturer and the USDA itself.


The Bush USDA gave Aurora the green light to label non-organic
milk as organic. Everybody in the chain, at least after a
certain point in time, should have known it wasn't organic
and should be held liable.

Steve