Harold Austin In April, the National Organic Standards Board will decide whether organic apple and pear growers in the United States will be allowed to use the antibiotic oxytetracycline beyond the next two seasons. Tetracycline antibiotics are produced synthetically, but have an organic exemption that will expire in October 2014, unless the NOSB decides otherwise. The Washington State Horticultural Association, ­California Pear ­Advisory Board, and U.S. Apple Association have petitioned the NOSB to reinstate it to the approved organic list. The board is a federal advisory committee that is responsible for recommending to the National Organic Program whether a substance […]