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Safety of Organically Produced Foods

Practical Resources

Overall food safety

    • OrganicBiz. 2018
    • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2000
    • eOrganic. 2014
    • eOrganic. 2016

Pesticide exposure

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    • The Organic Center. 2006
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    • The Organic Center. 2006
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    • The Organic Center. 2004
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    • The Organic Center. 2006
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    • The Organic Center. 2011
    • Report of the Canadian Standing Committee on Environmen. 2000
    • Sound Consumer. 2012
    • Canada Organic Trade Association. 2011
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    • The Organic Center. 2008
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    • Ontario College of Family Physicians. 2012

Food-borne pathogens

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    • The Organic Center (USA). 2016
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    • FiBL. 2011
    • eOrganic. 2014
  • [PDF - 879 kB]
    • The Organic Center. 2007

Scientific Results

Overall food safety

    • Plant Foods for Human Nutrition (2016) 71: 35-41
    • Organic Agriculture (2015) 5: 153-159
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2010) 25: 263-271
    • Journal of Food Protection (2009) 72: 12: 2629-2637
    • Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2010) 30: 33-41
    • Journal of Food Products Marketing (2011) 17: 141-162
    • Nutrition Research Reviews (2003) 16: 211-222

Pesticide exposure

    • Environmental Health Perspectives (2015) 123:1086–1093
    • Environmental Health Perspectives (2015)
    • Environmental Health Perspectives (2006) 114: 260-263
    • Sustainability (2014) 6: 3552-3570
    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2012) 60: 4425-4429
    • Environmental Research (2014) 132: 105-111

Food-borne pathogens

    • Journal of Food Protection (2015) 6: 1072-1080
    • Canadian Journal of Microbiology (2010) 56: 943-951
    • Food Control (2010) 21: 1004-1010
    • The Journal of Applied Poultry Research (2017) 26:509-517
    • Journal of Food Protection (2016) 11: 1953-1958
      Note: these results are from the U.S. and do not necessarily reflect Canadian data. The paper is not limited to “certified organic” products, but includes all events where the word “organic” has been included in reports or press releases, etc. The study also recognizes that incidences of foodborne illness are increasing also in non-organic products. In Canada, all organic producers and processors must follow the same food safety and handling guidelines as their non-organic counterparts, in addition to meeting the Canadian organic standard. Nevertheless, in the organic sector we must remain vigilant in maintaining the highest food safety standards and continuously work toward improving practices to minimize risk.
    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2015) 81: 2395-2407
    • Food Control (2009) 20: 881-886
    • Journal of Food Protection (2013) 76: 1366-1376
    • Journal of Food Protection (2015) 78: 760-766
    • Environmental Microbiology (2010) 12: 608-615
    • Crop Protection (2015) 72: 22-30
    • Journal of Food Protection (2004) 67: 894-900
    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease (2010) 7: 1363-1371
  • Prevalence of Helicobacter pullorum in Conventional, Organic, and Free-Range Broilers and Typing of Isolates
    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2011) 77: 479-484
    • Journal of Dairy Science (2014) 97: 2959-2964
    • The Veterinary Journal (2009) 182: 436-440
  • Strategies to improve performance and reduce preslaughter Salmonella in organic broilers
    • Journal of Applied Poultry Research (2011) 20: 313-321
    • Journal of Food Science (2011) 76 : M293-298

Antibiotics

    • Environmental Health Perspectives (2011) 119: 1622-1628