Thanks to a company, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps,
that lost its right to use the USDA seal and the resulting lawsuit it is now okay for companies that don’t make edibles to use that seal. It is an old article that I found but important just the same.
David Bronner, the owner of this company – and other companies like his – spent extra money on organic safe ingredients and then more to be approved by the government to use the seal. They sued after being forced to remove the seal from the products. The argument for removing the seal was that the organization regulates farming and food products not cosmetics. An attorney representing the suing companies said basically, that if the requirements were followed what did it matter if it was food or not, as long as it was created with the same priciples.
For the full article read, U.S to allow ‘organic’ label on cosmetics.
