RE: [compost_tea] Re: food safety and aact

From: Stephen Steyn <ssteyn_at_wcaccess.co.za>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 14:06:34 +0200

I believe that NOSB or whoever the authority is in the USA require a
withholding period of 180 days before harvest for fruiting crops for
spraying on the plants. Ground application is probably different. I also
believe that every organic certifier has the option of using their judgement
to set a withholding period and that this differs between crops and
organisations. This seems to make sense.

Go to China and the people who are market gardeners apply their own
excrement to their crops.

I think there are many variables to be considered, and if you made available
to your customers your policy with regard to this matter, you would soon
discover their preferences. Personally, I have no wish to eat a crop that
has been exposed to ACT anywhere near its ripe stage.

I also believe that there are many pathogens that can creep into the
production process. Currently E. Coli is easily testable and is used as an
indicator for pathogen presence. If it's not there, then other pathogens are
also probably not present.

SS (Mike's 3 cents plus my hapenny)

 

From: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of mikethewormguy
Sent: 31 May 2011 12:27
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Re: food safety and aact

 

  



Tad,

See the following link for what is currently happening today in Germany in
regard to Ecoli and raw vegetables and death :

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/05/hamburg-residents-attempt-to-grapple-w
ith-outbreak/

These types of incidence put all biological based inputs for ag under the
literal microscope.

Whether you make compost, vermicompost, AACT, and/or extract liquids, folks
need to have the systems in place to assure a customer that their inputs are
food safe if they being applied to food crops.

Sorry to say, it is the issue of liability and perceived risk over science
and data, which will have direct bearing on whether growers choose to use
what biological inputs for their crops.

The grower will need to err on the side of caution since their business
depends on it.

Mike Flynn
Green Quest LLC
BioSpecific LLC

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com> ,
Tad Hussey <tadhussey_at_...> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> Did you see my last post? You were the one who said you'd done the
testing, not me. All the issues you bring up apply to extracts as well as
ACT, unless you have some data or proof otherwise.
>
> I'd love to have you address my questions in my previous post, I'm not
here to discuss liability issues in the ag world in regards to biological
inputs.
>
> Tad
>







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