Comments on: Big Brands Back Organic Standard For Beauty Industry http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/03/06/big-brands-back-organic-standard-for-beauty-industry/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erin Ely http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/03/06/big-brands-back-organic-standard-for-beauty-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-41282 Erin Ely Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:16:07 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/03/06/big-brands-back-organic-standard-for-beauty-industry/#comment-41282 There is already a standard for Organic, it is USDA certified organic, this is a food standard organic and there are companies that make these sorts of products that are meeting this standard already. Like ONE Group (Miessence certified organic) in Australia and Terressentials in the US. This is just a way for the big companies to degrade the organic standard because they are unable to meet the food standard for their beauty and personal care products. So they will create a degraded organic standard that they can meet for their products. This is not in the best interest of consumers, it's in the best interest of the be corporations. There already is a standard, they just are unable to meet it. There is already a standard for Organic, it is USDA certified organic, this is a food standard organic and there are companies that make these sorts of products that are meeting this standard already. Like ONE Group (Miessence certified organic) in Australia and Terressentials in the US.

This is just a way for the big companies to degrade the organic standard because they are unable to meet the food standard for their beauty and personal care products.

So they will create a degraded organic standard that they can meet for their products. This is not in the best interest of consumers, it’s in the best interest of the be corporations.

There already is a standard, they just are unable to meet it.

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