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

Dee.Dee wrote:
> I just heard on the news :
> Lawsuits Allege Milk Wasn't Organic
> http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i...JUfQQD8TGE5RO0
>
>
> 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.



(snipt from article)
The federal complaints focus on the sale of milk from Boulder, Colo.-based
Aurora Organic Dairy, which recently agreed to change its practices after
the U.S. Department of Agriculture found more than a dozen violations of
organic standards.
>


Well, not quite. The USDA (controlled by the Dairy & Meat Mafia)
dragged their feet on this for quite some time. If it weren't for this
Cornucopia Institute raising hell, it wudda been swept under the rug, as
usual, imo.

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Organic Dairy Scandal Widens as "Sweetheart Deal" Between USDA, Aurora
Organic, QAI & Colorado State Dept. of Agriculture is Exposed

* Secret USDA Enforcement Action Revealed Aurora Farm's Certifier
Found to Have Willfully Violated NOP Rules
Cornucopia Institute, September 22, 2007

http://www.organicconsumers.org/arti...ticle_7225.cfm


PS: the Good news is..there's no human requirement for milk from a cow