2.1 Organic Food
Organic food was described as “food guaranteed to have been produced, stored, and processed without adding
synthetic fertilizers //////defined organic products as food which is cultivated via a process that is environmentally friendly. Furthermore, the
National Organic Standards Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA, 2008) also established a national
standard for the term "organic". It isdefined by how it cannot be made rather than how it can be made, must be
produced without the use of sewer-sludge fertilizers, most synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, genetic engineering
(biotechnology), growth hormones, irradiation and antibiotics. Products which are listed as organic are produced in
line with standard rights in all areas of production and are awarded a certificate by an industrial body (Lyons, et al.,
2001).