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Is the Organic Produce at Whole Foods truely organic if it’s from Mexico?

I know the FDA has strict guidelines on how certified Organic Food is grown and handled here in the U.S. But I was shopping at Whole Foods, saw some “organic” zucchini from Mexico, and was just wondering if it has to follow the same guidelines to be sold as organic food here, even though it was grown there.

Fruit and veggies grown in Mexico are not subject to the same guidelines that growers in the USA have to deal with. Chemicals that are banned in the USA are still used in Mexico. The USA government doesn’t want to piss off the Prez of Mexico with all the crap we have going on in the Muslim world and the pig flu. The safest thing you can do is grow your own. Even if you live in the city. You can grow your veggies in containers in a small space.

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