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By UK-Soil-Association These differences relate to food safety (pesticides, food poisoning, genetically modified organisms, antibiotics, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and new-variant-Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, food additives, nitrate), primary nutrients (vitamin C, dry matter, minerals), secondary nutrients (phytonutrients) and health outcomes demonstrated by feeding trials. Holistic techniques for assessing the qualitative aspects of food, including picture forming methods and storage degradation tests are also reviewed. Discussion and conclusions, and recommendations to consumers, farmers, researchers and the government are also included. Brief summaries and explanations of validity assessments of 99 papers claiming or claimed to make a direct comparison of organically and non-organically grown crops are presented in the appendix.
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