WASHINGTON--Congress has amended the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA)
to allow the use of certain synthetic materials and other ingredients in
food products certified "USDA Organic". While the new legislation is
considered a victory by The Organic Trade Association (OTA), which had
lobbied for the changes to OFPA, various organizations, including the
Organic Consumers Association (OCA), are publicly opposing the new ruling.


Source: www.sixwise.com




 From an Australian politician speaking on the floor of Parliament:

“Another antibiotic was lasalocid, which was not licensed for laying hens
and is TOXIC TO THE HEART. The report shows that one in every dozen eggs
tested contained residues of lasalocid above the informal action level of
100 micrograms per kilogram, with the highest being 5,400 micrograms per
kilogram”.

Product Name: Avatec CC Lasalocid
Sodium Coccidiocidal Premix
Active Constituent/s: 150 g/kg lasalocid sodium
Applicant Name: Alpharma Animal Health Pty Ltd
Applicant ACN: 088 526 229
Summary of Use: An aid in the prevention of coccidiosis in broilers,
rearing replacement pullets and in turkeys when fed continuously in the
feed.
Date of Registration: 11 September 2002
Label Approval No: 56273/0902

Product Name: Bovatec CC Lasalocid
Sodium Feed Additive Premix 150 g/kg
Active Constituent/s: 150 g/kg lasalocid sodium
Applicant Name: Alpharma Animal Health Pty Ltd
Applicant ACN: 088 526 229
Summary of Use: For improved live weight gains and feed conversion
efficiency in growing cattle and lot fed beef cattle. To aid in the
improvement of milk production by dairy cows fed high protein grass
pastures and by lot fed dairy cattle and for the reductions of faecal
shedding of coccidian eimeria spp. in sheep maintained in confinement and
the control of clinical signs of coccidiosis and reduction of faecal
shedding caused by eimeria bovis and eimeria zeurnii in growing cattle.
Date of Registration: 11 September 2002
Label Approval No: 56272/0902


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