I just received this message, and am posting it here because I think it’s a fantastic development. From the announcement for this webinar, it states “It is therefore predicted that many manufacturers will remove synthetic colours, and switch to natural alternatives.”

That’s a good thing.

OFM

Natural Colours: Let Overseal Make your Future Vibrant, Naturally

Summary:
Since the publication of the Southampton study in the Lancet in September 2007, the issue of synthetic colours and the possible link to hyperactivity in children has remained in the global media spotlight.

Certain authorities have tried to either restrict or even ban synthetic colours. For example The European Parliament, has voted that products containing the six synthetic colours in question should carry a warning label by June 2010.

It is therefore predicted that many manufacturers will remove synthetic colours, and switch to natural alternatives.

Join our webinar, hosted by our technical colour experts, to hear all about the properties and technical capabilities of natural colours, how they differ from synthetics and how Overseal can assist in removing synthetic colours from your food and beverage applications.

Company: Overseal Natural Ingredients Ltd.
Speaker(s): Mr Martyn Lock, Product Manager
Date: 9th July 2009
Time: 17:00 CET
Duration: 60 mn
Format: Live Event

Silk Soymilk is produced with a Neurotoxic Chemical:

1. Silk’s Light soymilk, as well as its “Heart Health” soymilk, is made with hexane-extracted soy flour instead of whole soybeans. Hexane is a highly explosive volatile solvent. It is a byproduct of gasoline refining and a neurotoxin. Soybeans used in Silk’s Light and Heart Health soymilk are immersed in this neurotoxic petrochemical to make soy flour, which is listed as the main ingredient in these Silk products.

The above reason is enough for me. You can read the full article here:
Organic Consumers calls for Silk Soymilk boycott

Certified organic food and personal care products are just about the only things sold in grocery stores these days that can be accurately described as healthy, nutritious, safe and good for the environment. (Beyond organic you can vote for economic justice with your consumer ollars by choosing items that are labeled as Fair Trade or Union-Made.)

But constant vigilance is required to prevent unscrupulous companies from driving down organic standards, or exploiting their workers. Family-scale organic dairy farmers are being undermined by factory farm feedlots masquerading as organic, as well as Wal-Mart and other national retail chains driving down farm gate prices.

Multi-ingredient organic food processors are cutting costs by using the same supply chain as bottom-of-the-barrel conventional brands, with unfortunate results such as the recent peanut butter food poisoning scandal. And, fake organic imports threaten to flood the domestic organic marketplace.

Under the Bush Administration, the USDA National Organic Program contributed to these problems by being slow to address National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) recommendations, issue definitive regulations and enforce existing ones. Under the new Obama Administration, with Kathleen Merrigan as second-in-command at the USDA, we have an opportunity to prevent corporate greed from corrupting organic standards.

Please send a letter to the USDA

And, help the OCA develop our comments for the NOSB’s next meeting May 4-6, 2009.

Courtesy of the Organic  Consumers Association.

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