COMMENT PERIOD: We invited consumers, manufacturers, retail representatives and any other interested parties to review and offer constructive input on the voluntary standards we have developed. The NIRC values this important role. The comment period ended on January 31, 2005. The NIRC offers the definition of natural ingredient
for the purpose of establishing working standards for labeling natural
ingredients and natural products as a service to the natural products
industry. We are not a certifying organization. We will not
decide who can use the Seal, and use of the Seal does not imply endorsement.
We do not receive any funding from the sale of any products; our only
fees are from the sale of advertising and promotional space on the NIRC web
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