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

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:17:40 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>
>> 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.

>
> I'm not sure I follow that. How were the retailers supposed to
> know it wasn't organic?
>
> -sw


Aren't these big box retailers the ones who constantly tell us they
really really care about us and carefully review the quality of
everything they sell?