When the organic produce in question, passed the organic certification process set for organic farmers, it is organic-certified. We stumble upon this word everywhere since people become more conscious of what they eat, in the market, in restaurants, in shopping area as well. This is due to worldwide scare of the ill-effects of non-organic crops to our body.

Any farm communities can apply for organic certification provided they are willing to be inspected and they will adhere to strict rules on how to grow their chemical-free produce. Chemical-free means that they did not use chemical based fertilizer, pesticides, GMOs, and such. Also, the land where the crops will grow should be chemical-free for years, usually 3 or more.

However, what people don’t actually know is that sometimes organic-certified does not mean 100% chemical-free because organic certification varies greatly from every country, every department that certifies it. There is no “only rule” to follow making it hard for us to determine how much of the harmful chemical is actually used in these organic-certified produce.

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