7 USC 6505 - Compliance requirements

U.S Code last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

§ 6505.

Compliance requirements

(a)

Domestic products

(1)

In general

On or after October 1, 1993—

(A)

a person may sell or label an agricultural product as organically produced only if such product is produced and handled in accordance with this chapter; and

(B)

no person may affix a label to, or provide other market information concerning, an agricultural product if such label or information implies, directly or indirectly, that such product is produced and handled using organic methods, except in accordance with this chapter.

(2)

USDA standards and seal

(b)

Imported products

(c)

Exemptions for processed food

Subsection (a) shall not apply to agricultural products that—

(1)

contain at least 50 percent organically produced ingredients by weight, excluding water and salt, to the extent that the Secretary, in consultation with the National Organic Standards Board and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has determined to permit the word “organic” to be used on the principal display panel of such products only for the purpose of describing the organically produced ingredients; or

(2)

contain less than 50 percent organically produced ingredients by weight, excluding water and salt, to the extent that the Secretary, in consultation with the National Organic Standards Board and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has determined to permit the word “organic” to appear on the ingredient listing panel to describe those ingredients that are organically produced in accordance with this chapter.

(d)

Small farmer exemption

(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2106, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3937.)

cite as: 7 USC 6505