Fresh Organic Free Range Chemical Free Natural What?

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Fresh Organic Free Range Chemical Free Natural
What?

• Matthew Sender

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A Plethora of Terminology

• There a long list of terms used to inform and
  sway consumers.
• Who defines the terms and what are the end
  results on the products?

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Who Defines the Terms

• USDA 1990
• Organic foods production act
• 21 pages of legalese spelling out what organic
  means.

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Certified

• Inspected by USDA and assigned a certain grade
• Ex. Certified angus beef

http//www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Meat__Poultry
_Labeling_Terms/index.asp4
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Chemical Free
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Free Range
http//www.freerangechickenfeed.com/
http//advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2007/
05/the-difficult-lives-and-deaths-of-factory-farme
d-chickens/
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Natural

• No artificial coloring, ingredients, and
  minimally processed

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No Hormones

• Poultry/Pork Beef

Manufacturer has to provide sufficient
documentation
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No Antibiotics

• Producer has to provide sufficient proof to USDA
  that the animals were raised without antibiotics

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Organic Produce

• No synthetic fertilizers
• No pesticides
• No natural poisons that have long term effects
• (lead salts, arsenic)
• No plastic mulch

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Organic Livestock

• Fed organically produced feed.
• Cannot use plastic pellets for roughage
• No manure refeeding
• No urea in feed
• No growth hormones
• No sub-theraputic antibiotics
• Medicines can only be used to treat illness

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What are the consequences of the organic tag?

• Poultry
• Beef
• Produce