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Originally posted by DigiNut [COLOR=#99CCEE]So you're willing to trust the advertising label of some crackpot privately-owned standards organization with a clear agenda to push its label and without any proven credibility, but not a long-standing regulatory body like the FDA? In terms of genetically modified foods, they've been pushing to force people to label those foods as such, but like any new law/regulation, it just takes time to get it to happen. You can't bash the FDA because they didn't do it fast enough - they still have to go through political channels and lobbyist groups. Even if the FDA was truly being negligent, I'd still rather listen to them than ad-men. At least the FDA isn't trying to sell us anything. "Organic" may not be as much of a gimmick as previous gimmicks like "all natural", but it is still an advertising gimmick.COLOR]

Guy the FDA is the agency that sets the standards for what can and cannot go on the label among other things. And you trust an agency that BARS the inclusion of any information of pesticides in a food product on the product's label?

As well as FDA's regulation of biotech food has been largely voluntary since 1992, leaving the choice to come and be inspected up to the companies.

If youre fine with this, rock on

I think (not sure though) that the extra wax, is to also prevent water from evaporating from the produce itself ultimately making it lose it's appeal to customers. Plants in general have a waxy cuticle, yet maybe it's not enough to maintain the produce in shape over certain periods of time.

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Originally posted by butterfly why do they coat apples with wax?

to minimize their exposure to air -> so they last longer and dont dry out fast. Even though they have a natural coating, its not enough as it does take time from taking the apple from the orchard, packing, shipping, unpacking at store, you buy it, you store it for a couple days before eating it.

The also coat oranges and other fruits with stuff to prevent drying


just scrape off the wax before you eat it. its annoying but its no biggie

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Originally posted by butterfly i mean, it's really kinda nasty, isn't it? why cant we eat apples that are not coated in wax? that shit doesnt even come off when you wash the apple...

why dont you just peel it, or have an apple tree in your backyard, so you can have apples without wax. also, i think those fuji apples that come in the plastic bag, they arent shiny, so maybe they dont have wax

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Originally posted by Dmatrox The also coat oranges and other fruits with stuff to prevent drying

but you peel the orange before you eat it.

petty...

have had to deal with the FDA. they are bastards to deal with because their standards are so strict.

Its much easier to get stuff through in Australia. But then again our produce is less polluted anyway.