Defining Organic Retail

Defining organic retail can be tricky, mainly because organic retailers aren't required to obtain certification and far fewer clear-cut guidelines have been set for organic retailers.

Still, organic retail establishments, including restaurants, do have some characteristics such as...

• Almost always exempt from certification.
• May choose to become voluntarily certified organic.
• You may not use the organic seal unless you get voluntarily certified.
• Organic retailers still must keep records.
• If you do any of the following; cooking, baking, curing, heating, canning, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, extracting, slaughtering, cutting, fermenting, distilling, preserving, dehydrating, and freezing, you're an organic processor NOT just a retailer.

Defining Organic Retail originally appeared on About.com Organic on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 21:00:14.

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