[compost_tea] Re: NOP pr....

From: Linda <wormwomantwo_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 02:58:20 -0000
Whendo you all ralize this is a niche market and sustainable AG has
been and continues to produce more nutritious food?


--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Kirk Leonard" <kirk@o...> wrote:
> Hoo yah!  Looks like an advance piece for another USNOP run on
bashing
> compost tea... Conveniently, Scheuerell associates an "increase" in
food
> contamination with manure and compost tea.  Huh?  Any increase I've
heard
> about was from contaminated ditch water or piss-poor
handling/processing
> practices.  Compost tea has never been reported to cause food
contamination,
> and to my knowledge, neither has manure (except in ditch water used
by
> stupid growers).
>
> I hope someone here can attend this event and give us a take on what
> transpired.
>
> Thanks Jeff.  Good info.
>
> Kirk
>
> Some totally unsubstantiated and potentially irresponsible
scuttlebutt on
> this:  (And I trust Doc E doesn't mind my relating a little story
here.)
> Scheuerell was going to be a grad student under Doc E, but internal
U
> politics intervened and that didn't happen.  So OSU set up sort of a
> yin-yang on compost tea, which USDA has picked up on (being a major
OSU
> funder).  Following the money, I think Scheuerell's looking for
USDA money,
> not a quid pro quo but effectively keeping ACT in limbo, like
Millner having
> to keep compost dangers in front of them to preserve Beltsville...
Could be
> a wild speculation but there's a pattern happening here...
>
> USNOP may have stymied "aged" manures for now BUT THEY WILL NOT
STOP COMPOST
> TEA!  I hope there are some USDA lurkers here.  This crap is not
defensible
> but if they think it is they should speak up.  Steve S?
>
> If there is a USDA person here, I would still like to know why the
raw
> manure pathogen table was attached to CTTF report since any manure
and
> compost tea are absolutely different.  And how was it ever
determined that
> compost tea was raw manure?
>
> > Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:10:28 -0800
> > From: "Jeff Lowenfels" <jeff_at_g...>
> > Subject: Re:  NOP pr....
>
> > PRESS RELEASE
> > For immediate release
>
> > Contact: Amy Steigman
> > American Phytopathological Society
> > Phone: +1.651.454.7250
> > Web: http://www.apsnet.org/meetings/2004/media.htm
> > E-mail: mailto:asteigman_at_s...
>
> > Keeping your peas and carrots safe to eat
> > Plant pathologists present research on food safety at APS Annual
Meeting
> in Anaheim,
> California
>
> > St. Paul, MN (June 8, 2004) - Recent advances in food safety
research are
> enabling
> plant pathologists to gain insight into how dangerous human
pathogens, such
> as
> strains of E.coli and Salmonella, can survive on fresh fruits and
vegetables
> and what can be done to control future outbreaks.
>
> > According to Steve Scheuerell, faculty research associate at
Oregon State
> University's
> Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, there has been an
increase in
> reported
> human disease outbreaks associated with fresh produce over the last
couple
> decades.
> "When an outbreak occurs, most of the infected produce has already
been
> consumed,"
> said Scheuerell. "Usually recalls won't help. This is why
prevention is key
> to
> keeping food safe," he said.
>
> [snip]
>
> > "On the domestic front, the National Organic Program has taken
the lead in
> implementing
> proactive measures to prevent potential contamination of fresh
produce with
> human
> pathogens," Scheuerell said. Examples include mandated pre-harvest
intervals
> for the application of manure and proposed quality assurance testing
> regulations
> for compost tea regulations (a brew of compost with water used as a
> biocontrol
> agent or fertilizer). "Using techniques developed by plant
pathologists,
> scientists
> are just beginning to understand how human pathogens colonize leaf
surfaces,
> and how their survival can be influenced by manipulating leaf
surface
> microflora
> and environmental conditions," he said.
>
> > Plant pathologists from across the country will present more on
this topic
> during
> the Food Safety as Influenced by Phyllosphere Microflora symposium
at the
> APS
> Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif., July 31 -  August 4, 2004. The
food
> safety
> symposium will be held Tuesday, August 3, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. at the
> Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. Members of the media are
invited
> to
> attend annual meeting events; complimentary registration is
available.
>
> > The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is a non-profit,
professional
> scientific
> organization dedicated to the study and management of plant
diseases, with
> 5,000
> members worldwide.
>
> > -30- <


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