According to Executive Order 13101, signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1998, provides the only legal definition of “environmentally preferable”:
Sec. 201. ‘‘Environmentally preferable’’ means products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose
There are no legal definitions of
- environmentally friendly
- eco friendly
- green
- natural (outside of FDA and USDA)
- organic (outside of FDA and USDA)
Read the entire executive order here.
