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What Does Organic Mean?

Organic food is produced without using pesticides, added growth hormones, or antibiotics

Fortified with iron, Parent’s Choice ORGANIC was the first nationally distributed organic infant formula enriched with the lipids DHA and ARA that is nutritionally complete and meets the strict nutritional infant formula guidelines determined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

What does "organic" mean? This question can only be answered by exploring the history of organic certification in the United States and the resulting standards that determine whether products can be labeled as "organic."

USDA and "Organic"

In 1990, U.S. Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act, which stipulated that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) establish a set of national uniform standards for organic agricultural products. The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) was formed to assist the National Organic Program (NOP) in developing guidelines for substances to be used in organic production.

The NOSB defines "organic" in the following manner:

• Organic agriculture is an ecological production management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is based on minimal use of off-farm inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony.
• Organic food handlers, processors and retailers adhere to standards that maintain the integrity of organic agricultural products. The primary goal of organic agriculture is to optimize the health and productivity of interdependent communities of soil life, plants, animals and people. USDA’s NOP certification requirements ensure that all products bearing the USDA organic label originate from farms or handling operations that are certified-organic by a program-approved state or private organization.

Parent's Choice ORGANIC

Like all USDA-certified organic food sources, the cow’s milk used in Parent’s Choice ORGANIC Infant Formula with Lipids DHA & ARA comes from cows that are not given antibiotics or growth hormones. In addition, Parent’s Choice ORGANIC is produced without using pesticides and fertilizers, bioengineering, and ionizing radiation.