The USDA Organic program only certifies food and food products. With all the companies using certified ingredients in their personal care products, I think it would be great for the Logo regulations to be extended into Personal Care (shampoo, body lotions, etc.) This means in order to carry the USDA logo you need the same requirements in body care as you do food products. That way companies can't call themselves "_________ Organics" and dump synthetics in the mix. If you want to name label yourself as Organic, then you shouldn't be able to have questionable ingredients aswell.
The USDA Organic program only certifies food and food products. With all the companies using certified ingredients in their personal care products, I think it would be great for the Logo regulations to be extended into Personal Care (shampoo, body lotions, etc.) This means in order to carry the USDA logo you need the same requirements in body care as you do food products. That way companies can't call themselves "_________ Organics" and dump synthetics in the mix. If you want to name label yourself as Organic, then you shouldn't be able to have questionable ingredients aswell.
We signed the "Organic Labeling for non-food items" petition!
# 324:
9:15 pm PDT, Jun 10,Whitney Qualls, South Carolina
It's time to stop worrying about what's cheaper and start worrying about what's healthier. It Will become the demand, and money will take care of itself. It's time to be honest, healthy, and safe. What about your family that may possibly get cancer because of certain products..
Just think about it. It's time to Change our Future.
Thank you.
# 323:
7:05 pm PDT, May 23,Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 322:
10:16 am PDT, May 22,Kevin Goguen, Canada
Check this idiocy out, courtesy of your "gouverment": www.stopc51.com
Here's what I have to say about that:
We are the voice of our people - We are the acts of the well-lived. You cannot take what we have rights to, and if you try - You will find yourselves with great opposition!
# 321:
9:26 pm PDT, May 21,Name not displayed, United States Minor Outlying Islands
# 320:
10:06 am PDT, May 14,Rebecca Hengen, Mississippi
# 319:
2:16 am PDT, May 6,Dannielle Philipson, Canada
Current labeling practices are misleading and many companies are cashing in on consumers who are wanting to make earth friendly purchases but do not realize that there are still harmful chemicals in these products. Consumers have a right to know the truth about the products that they are purchasing and companies have a responsibility to be truthful in their advertising.
# 318:
2:07 pm PDT, May 5,Pamela WolfSong, Rhode Island
# 317:
11:33 am PDT, May 5,GYpsY RaIn, Liberia
This is a shame & a sham. I have been duped before by false advertising & greedy corporations who desire to maximize their appeal to green enthusiasts & environmentally aware people.If you are to be called Batural or Organic -there should be an accountability & requirement set in stone for an organic standard...not misleading marketing. This is unfair & very dishonest.
# 316:
11:02 pm PDT, May 1,Kari Quinn, New Jersey
Organic is organic is organic! No other bogus toxic chemicals should be allowed in the mix! Stop putting unnecessary chemicals in our personal care products for the sake of making a $buck at the cost of our health!
# 315:
5:32 pm PDT, May 1,Name not displayed, Michigan
If organic food must meet certain criteria, shouldn't organic everything?
# 314:
2:01 pm PDT, May 1,Katie Ann Streeter, Wisconsin
Lots of companies are jumping on the Green/Natural/Organic bandwagon and it's becoming more and more confusing for consumers to distinguish what is truly organic and what products dump in one organic ingredient or extract and label themselves and "all natural" or place organic in their name. As a consumer we deserve this as upfront knowledge about what we are ingesting or slathering on our bodies.
# 313:
6:48 pm PDT, Apr 30,Jonah Sudsbury, Canada
There is a reason for things to be certified, people are tusting that these products are safe and good for the environment. There cannot be any cracks for unhealthy regulations or poor regulation of quality to squeeze in. This is messing with people's lives.
# 312:
6:42 pm PDT, Apr 30,Jean-Yves Landry, Canada
Organics is better and youll have to deal with it !!!!!!!!!!!! bigorganicnetworkcom is a non profit for organics too ! Organics is way the best thing out there. Screw non organics.
# 311:
7:00 am PDT, Apr 30,Jenafer Medina, New York
# 310:
6:51 am PDT, Apr 30,Kari Kahanec, Michigan
It's time for everyone to take responsibility. Man (woman) up and have the guts to stand behind your products. If you are what you claim you have nothing to hide. I personally have more respect for companies that are upfront and honest. Even if it means you aren't currently organic but are making the steps to become organic.
# 309:
6:36 am PDT, Apr 30,Stephanie Vavasseur, Louisiana
# 308:
6:32 am PDT, Apr 30,Name not displayed, Ohio
I especially think the same standards should apply to personal care items as for food. Our skin is an organ that intakes even more than we intake orally, so why not? It just makes perfect sense to have the same regulations and warnings. I want to know what is going in my body, no matter HOW it is going into my body!
# 307:
6:20 am PDT, Apr 30,Ashley Vavasseur, Louisiana
# 306:
6:00 am PDT, Apr 30,Kari Moorhouse, Minnesota
PLEASE HELP KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE!!!
# 305:
5:39 am PDT, Apr 30,Kimberly Somers, New York
# 304:
9:04 pm PDT, Apr 29,Name not displayed, Florida
# 303:
12:16 pm PDT, Apr 29,Ann Bett, Florida
# 302:
6:11 am PDT, Apr 29,Melinda Ruppelt, Florida
# 301:
5:46 pm PDT, Apr 27,Suzanne Ostebo, Washington
# 300:
8:20 pm PDT, Apr 26,Christopher Young, Texas
# 299:
10:28 am PDT, Apr 23,Suzanne Kline, California
# 298:
7:12 pm PDT, Apr 19,Cynthia Parker, Virginia
every company should have to have usda aproval to put organic on thier products. it should be regulated
# 297:
9:46 am PDT, Apr 14,Name not displayed, Canada
Consumer have the final say in what to buy. Not supporting organizations that greenwash and create consumer confusion is the only way we can save our children and their health. We are a doomed toxic nation if we do not act for our children.... myorganicfamily
# 296:
2:28 pm PDT, Apr 13,Gia Camalo, California
# 295:
6:45 pm PDT, Apr 12,Emily Barre, Arkansas
# 294:
7:28 am PDT, Apr 10,Mary Hillman, Nebraska
Mary Hillman
# 293:
8:57 am PDT, Apr 8,Patricia Ferguson, California
It is so very deceitful of the companies that want to give us non organically made products and call them organic! I am simply outraged that my choices of what goes on/in my body are being narrowed by companies that only care about their bottom line. They don't care whatsoever about my health, my children's health or even the health of their own children! Simply outrageous!!
# 292:
6:20 am PDT, Apr 8,Krystal Wagner, Oregon
# 291:
6:12 am PDT, Apr 8,Lisa Malesky, Pennsylvania
Organic, means just that. Nothing else should be in a product but organic matter. That is what you are paying for when you buy the product. Anything else would be a lie.
# 290:
6:10 am PDT, Apr 8,TANNIS HIENER, Florida
# 289:
6:05 am PDT, Apr 8,Jennifer Hughes, Indiana
# 288:
5:49 am PDT, Apr 8,Beth Case, Maryland
# 287:
5:30 am PDT, Apr 8,Tammy Molyneux, Iowa
If it is going to be organic, it shouldn't have any artificial stuff or preservatives in it. It should be natural, just the way nature intended.
# 286:
3:10 am PDT, Apr 8,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 285:
8:19 pm PDT, Apr 7,Tearra Leger, Louisiana
# 284:
8:15 pm PDT, Apr 7,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 283:
8:07 pm PDT, Apr 3,Sarina Walczynski, Illinois
# 282:
11:35 am PDT, Apr 3,Jennifer Posanka, Illinois
# 281:
3:25 am PDT, Apr 1,Can Atik, Turkey
# 280:
10:22 am PDT, Mar 29,Donna Stephens, California
# 279:
11:13 am PDT, Mar 25,Danielle Kinney, Pennsylvania
this is horrible, that they are aloud to lie about stuff that is killing us!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm outraged!!!!
# 278:
11:11 am PDT, Mar 25,Tara Schryver, Massachusetts
This is misleading and sneaky and something has to be done to stop this!
# 277:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 25,Name not displayed, Missouri
Shame! Shame! Isn't half a truth just a sneaky lie? I can't belive what these companies get away with!
# 276:
10:00 am PDT, Mar 25,Name not displayed, Georgia
Please stop harming us and our children with these chemicals!!
# 275:
9:48 am PDT, Mar 25,Rachel Lathrop, Alabama
# 274:
9:41 am PDT, Mar 23,Jonee' Howard, California
# 273:
5:24 am PDT, Mar 23,Family MacRae, Spain
All labelling should be stringently monitored - with harsh penalties for those who lie or deliberately mislead. High standards need to be rewarded and protected.
# 272:
9:21 pm PDT, Mar 18,Leslie Quigley, California
Food and personal care for labeling purposes in the organic catagory should definitely be one in the same!! The regulations for personal care should just as important. The USDA Organic program should be setting the bar!!!!!! Consumer's are being decieved and let's face it we're paying the price too!!!!!
# 271:
11:44 am PDT, Mar 17,Micki Lossen, Florida
# 270:
7:14 am PDT, Mar 16,Name not displayed, Wisconsin
# 269:
7:56 pm PDT, Mar 15,Jennifer Kertscher, Wisconsin
# 268:
7:53 pm PDT, Mar 15,Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 267:
4:07 pm PDT, Mar 10,Amanda Carson, Washington
# 266:
1:52 pm PDT, Mar 10,Dinah Curtis, California
# 265:
8:22 am PDT, Mar 10,Name not displayed, New York
If you care... really care... labels should be honest! Prove to us that you care!
# 264:
11:20 pm PDT, Mar 9,Michelle Driver, Oregon
# 263:
9:19 pm PST, Mar 2,Michelle Stoup, North Carolina
# 262:
8:03 am PST, Feb 28,Daniel Murphy, New Jersey
# 261:
3:56 pm PST, Feb 26,Allison Shannon, Louisiana
# 260:
3:27 pm PST, Feb 22,Kathy Thomas, Tennessee
# 259:
1:05 pm PST, Feb 19,Shelene Davis, Oregon
ORGANIC
should mean all organic ingrediants in food, with enviormentally friendly farming/handling/creations! Thats the kind of food i have been looking for, for years. yet i have found only few companies that make the "should be" organic regulations.:)
# 258:
6:38 pm PST, Feb 17,Lindsey Campbell, Texas
# 257:
6:25 pm PST, Feb 17,Lynda Lawson-Usher, Connecticut
There is no excuse for this when people have alergies and sometimes I get sick myself because what I assume is a pure product isn't anything but junk.Honest labeling is vital.
# 256:
11:07 am PST, Feb 16,Elizabeth Forbis, Washington
these companies shouldn't be allowed to use synthetic and unnatural ingredients and try and pass them off as organic or ALL natural.
It is dishonest and wrong!
# 255:
9:41 am PST, Feb 16,Rachel Kiefer, Pennsylvania
# 254:
9:29 am PST, Feb 16,Gentle Mama, Louisiana
We only want REAL organics and naturals with no other harmful, toxic ingredients.
# 253:
9:28 am PST, Feb 16,Hailey Niemi, Arizona
# 252:
8:35 am PST, Feb 16,Joy Rebello, Georgia
By having proportionately more unnatural and synthetic ingredients, any self-care product should not be allowed to call itself organic or natural. This is misleading to the consumers. If I do find a product like this on the shelf, I read the ingredients and if I see an offending ingredient, I won't buy that product nor any from the line. The manufacturers are hurting themselves in the long run. I could have been a customer. Now I am an alienated consumer who will keep searching or just make my own.
# 251:
8:23 am PST, Feb 16,Name not displayed, Michigan
Yes to organics, no to toxins and chemicals!
