TammyM wrote:
> I'm curious to know if there is a US-standardized definition of
> "organic beef." I would think that it would mean, at minimum, that it
> is free from hormones/antibiotics. Are the cows grass fed? Are they
> "free range" (i.e. so-called Happy California Cows -- anyone who's
> driven down I-5 between Sac and Bakersfield knows all about the
> unhappy California cows)? Or is there no legal definition?
>
> I've been googling, and I've found a number of purveyors, but little
> "hard" info.
>
> Anyone?
>
> TammyM, may turn to tofu! (as all Californians do, of course ;-) )

It is now, as of april 2002, governed by a federal standard. Searching
around the usda.gov web site should turn up all the gory details.

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