2021 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 94 - Organic Certification
Sec. 6504 - National standards for organic production
| 7 U.S.C. § 6504 (2021) |
| §6504. National standards for organic production |
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To be sold or labeled as an organically produced agricultural product under this chapter, an agricultural product shall— (1) have been produced and handled without the use of synthetic chemicals, except as otherwise provided in this chapter; (2) except as otherwise provided in this chapter and excluding livestock, not be produced on land to which any prohibited substances, including synthetic chemicals, have been applied during the 3 years immediately preceding the harvest of the agricultural products; and (3) be produced and handled in compliance with an organic plan agreed to by the producer and handler of such product and the certifying agent. |
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(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, §2105, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3937; Pub. L. 102–237, title X, §1001(1), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1893.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS
1991—Par. (2). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted "; and" for period at end. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
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| Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 94 - ORGANIC CERTIFICATION Sec. 6504 - National standards for organic production |
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| 104 Stat. 3937 105 Stat. 1893 |
| Public Law 101-624, Public Law 102-237 |
