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Testing May Help Verify Foods Labeled Organic.
- Source :
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New York Times . 3/3/2009, Vol. 158 Issue 54603, p3. 0p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Organic foods command premium prices at the supermarket, and wherever there is extra money to be made there is a possibility of fraud. Most organic producers adhere to certification standards, but there is little if any product monitoring at the retail level. So an unscrupulous producer could substitute a conventional food for an organic one. After all, organic milk doesn't look any different from ordinary milk, right? Not to a consumer, perhaps, but to a food scientist there are differences. Now a researcher in Germany has demonstrated the feasibility of laboratory testing to determine whether a carton of organic milk is what it says it is. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *ORGANIC foods
*SUPERMARKETS
*NATURAL foods
*FOOD testing
*FOOD labeling
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03624331
- Volume :
- 158
- Issue :
- 54603
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New York Times
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- 36769568