title: [Current issues regarding organic food].
abstract: Destruction and pollution of soil and ground water resources is probably the most important ecological problem facing the next generation. Checkable standards which certify healthy food products are required by the regulation on organic farming of the EU and should also be applied for conventional food production. Ecological food contains at least 95% of ingredients from an organic farming environment, without interference from pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or other chemicals and it is totally different from dietary, functional, enriched, fortified, probiotic food. Ecological food is tastier and contains more essential amino-acids, vitamin C, and micro-nutriments than usual food. Two major effects generated by choosing ecological food are the environmental protection and human' health improvement. Buying an ecological product represents the effect of a certain attitude. Children's nutrition starts with the most genuine ecological product: breast milk. Every parent should give to his child healthy and tasty food, for proper development. Decreasing artificial chemicals in the diet and the environment represents the first step to a healthier life.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Igienă-Sănătatea Mediului, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie "Gr. T. Popa", Iaşi.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Petrariu
authors.forename: Viorica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gavăt
authors.forename: A G T
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Cozma
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000639:trends; D005060:Europe; D058870:Food, Organic / Q000592:standards*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D012383:Romania