What is “organic?” Many people misunderstand the term. It simply means “carbon-based.”

Federal regulators say Promiseland Livestock may lose its organic certification because it kept inadequate records and refused to let inspectors review the records it did have.

Mum’s the word among federal officials about the health benefits of eating organic foods. The Department of Health and Human Services defers questions about organic foods to the Food and Drug Administration. But the FDA has no policy on organics because it says they’re the domain of the Department of Agriculture, which will admit to using the “o-word,” but says its mandate is simply to regulate …

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Giant Food Stores has removed all red roma and organic round tomatoes from its shelves because of an advisory from the Federal Food and Drug Association on the consumption of certain raw tomatoes.