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I didn't twig you were American. I live in Switzerland. Producing detectable quantities of anything in butter here that's not made of cow is probably a shooting

I didn't twig you were American. I live in Switzerland. Producing detectable quantities of anything in butter here that's not made of cow is probably a shooting offence. (The last time I was in the US I looked at the ingredients on a packet of sweets and thought, I think all these additives are banned back home...) Is the word 'organic' actually a controlled term in the US? I know the various certifications are; is the term itself?

nkurz 11y ago
Yes, in the US "organic" is a controlled term, and it is illegal to put the word "organic" on a food label unless it meets certain legal requirements: (b) Products sold, labeled, or represented as “organic.” A raw or processed agricultural product sold, labeled, or represented as “organic” must contain (by weight or fluid volume, excluding water and salt) not less than 95 percent organically produced raw or processed agricultural products. Any remaining product ingredients must be organically produced, unless not commercially available in organic form, or must be nonagricultural substances or nonorganically produced agricultural products produced consistent with the National List in subpart G of this part. If labeled as organically produced, such product must be labeled pursuant to §205.303. http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?rgn=div5&node=7:3.1.1.9.32#se7.3.205_1300 http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?rgn=div5&node=7:3.1.1.9... (Pay no attention to the potential 5% of non-organic ingredients behind the curtain)
- jMyles 11y ago
  > (Pay no attention to the potential 5% of non-organic ingredients behind the curtain) To be fair, this 5% is limited to the specific ingredients listed in subpart G, which is pretty restrictive.