Comments on: Guide to Natural Cosmetics Certifications http://www.naturalcosmeticnews.com/organic-label/guide-to-natural-cosmetics-certifications/ Natural Cosmetic & Personal Care News & Articles Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:06:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erin Ely http://www.naturalcosmeticnews.com/organic-label/guide-to-natural-cosmetics-certifications/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Erin Ely Tue, 25 May 2010 14:28:49 +0000 http://www.naturalcosmeticnews.com/?p=741#comment-126 I would have to disagree with your assessment of the USDA standard for organic. From my perspective that is the standard people want when they are buying organic skin and body care products. If a personal care product meets the USDA standard then they know they are getting food standard certified organic product... what would be bad about that? The other standards are below that if they do not meet the food standard. If I see the word "organic" on my skin and body care products I want them to meet the food standard. If you can't eat it, then don't put it on your skin. To use the USDA logo on your product: the product contain at least 95% organically produced agricultural ingredients (excluding water and salt). The remaining ingredients (up to 5%) can be non-agricultural substances or non-organically produced agricultural ingredients, with strict processing criteria (eg: absolutely no GMOs or synthetics chemicals). the levels: 100% organic organic = contain at least 95% (with strict guidelines for the remaining ingredients made with organic ingredients cannot be less than 70% what higher standard can there be than food standard? I would have to disagree with your assessment of the USDA standard for organic. From my perspective that is the standard people want when they are buying organic skin and body care products.

If a personal care product meets the USDA standard then they know they are getting food standard certified organic product… what would be bad about that? The other standards are below that if they do not meet the food standard.

If I see the word “organic” on my skin and body care products I want them to meet the food standard. If you can’t eat it, then don’t put it on your skin.

To use the USDA logo on your product: the product contain at least 95% organically produced agricultural ingredients (excluding water and salt). The remaining ingredients (up to 5%) can be non-agricultural substances or non-organically produced agricultural ingredients, with strict processing criteria (eg: absolutely no GMOs or synthetics chemicals).

the levels:

100% organic

organic = contain at least 95% (with strict guidelines for the remaining ingredients

made with organic ingredients cannot be less than 70%

what higher standard can there be than food standard?

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