Wal Mart Selling Non Organics as Organics

The giant retailing company Wal Mart has hit a set back in it's transformation into a soft, cuddly, caring, environmentally friendly company. It has been accused of labeling non-organic foods with organic labels.

The Washington Post said "The retailer recently began expanding its assortment of organic foods as part of an effort to attract wealthier, more urban customers. In a statement yesterday, Wal-Mart defended its program and questioned the intentions of the group, called the Cornucopia Institute."

Mark Kastel from the The Cornucopia Institute said "We first noticed that Wal-Mart was using in-store signage to misidentify conventional, nonorganic food as organic in their upscale-market test store in Plano, Texas".

The Cornucopia Institute is an organic farming watchdog that seeks to promote, defend, and govern the organics industry in the United States.