2013 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 94 - ORGANIC CERTIFICATION (§§ 6501 - 6523)
Section 6504 - National standards for organic production
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 94 - ORGANIC CERTIFICATION Sec. 6504 - National standards for organic production |
| Contains | section 6504 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | 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. |
| Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 3937 105 Stat. 1893 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 101-624, Public Law 102-237 |
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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.
(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.)
AMENDMENTS1991—Par. (2). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted "; and" for period at end.
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