What does "organic" really mean?

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4. Natural or all natural does not indicate an organic product. This label only means that the product contains no artificial ingredients or added color and is only minimally processed using chemicals and fertilizers that do not fundamentally alter the raw product.

5. Free-range or free-roaming labels are applied to meat and poultry and do not indicate that the product is organic. The requirement for the meat or poultry bearing this label is that the animal it came from lived more than 50 percent of its lifetime with access to an open environment. "Free-range" or "free-roaming" does not ensure that the animals were not treated with hormones or antibiotics.



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