Flutterby™! : Organic and supply chains

Food Safety News: Would More Passion Help? Interesting perspective on the recent "organic" frozen berries from "Oregon's" Townsend Farms, distributed through Costco and others.

Here’s the money quote in James story: “We can’t question it if another certifier says a place is organic-certified,” said Brenda Brook, organic program manager for the WSDA. “The thing that gets confusing from the consumer standpoint is when something’s from Turkey, for example, but it’s certified by a U.S. firm. [The organic certification program] is really just a chain of custody.”