The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is warning consumers that a new organic labeling standard for Canadian seafood products is misleading.
The new standard, passed earlier this month by the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance, allows open net-penned fish farms that use pesticides to have their products certified as organic.
“I know for myself, as a consumer, when I pick up an organic apple or anything else, my basic assumption is that there hasn't been synthetic pesticides used on that product,” said Matthew Abbott, Fundy Baykeeper and Marine Co-ordinator for the conservation council.
“And often I'm choosing that product because it hasn't had pesticide use.”
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