BRITISH ORGANIC EXPERT "VERY DISSATISFIED" WITH ANTIBIOTIC-TREATED LIVESTOCK EXCEPTION UNDER NEW, EU-US ORGANIC TRADE DEAL
June 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
EUROPEAN meat producers looking to ship their organic products to the United States will be put at a disadvantage under the new European Union (EU)-US organic equivalence agreement - which comes into effect today (June 1) - according to one British organic expert. He told the Meat Trades Journal he is "very dissatisfied" with the deal's exception, that restricts products from animals treated with antibiotics from being marketed as 'organic' in America.
"It is regrettable that the US has sought to differentiate their organic ...
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