Accessibility links
Bill's Provision Seen Eroding Purity of Organic Products A small provision in the enormous spending bill Congress recently passed has major implications for the organic food business. It allows poultry, livestock and diary producers to feed some non-organic grain to their animals and still market the products as organic. NPR's John McChesney reports.

Science

Bill's Provision Seen Eroding Purity of Organic Products

Heard on Morning Edition

Bill's Provision Seen Eroding Purity of Organic Products

Listen · 4:28
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1170723/1170724" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

A small provision in the enormous spending bill Congress recently passed has major implications for the organic food business. It allows poultry, livestock and diary producers to feed some non-organic grain to their animals and still market the products as organic. NPR's John McChesney reports.