[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR205.105]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER I--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE \1\ (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, 
       MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 205--NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B--Applicability
 
Sec. 205.105  Allowed and prohibited substances, methods, and ingredients in organic production and handling.

    To be sold or labeled as ``100 percent organic,'' ``organic,'' or 
``made with organic (specified ingredients or food group(s)),'' the 
product must be produced and handled without the use of:
    (a) Synthetic substances and ingredients, except as provided in 
Sec. 205.601 or Sec. 205.603;
    (b) Nonsynthetic substances prohibited in Sec. 205.602 or 
Sec. 205.604;
    (c) Nonagricultural substances used in or on processed products, 
except as otherwise provided in Sec. 205.605;
    (d) Nonorganic agricultural substances used in or on processed 
products, except as otherwise provided in Sec. 205.606;
    (e) Excluded methods, except for vaccines: Provided, That, the 
vaccines are approved in accordance with Sec. 205.600(a);
    (f) Ionizing radiation, as described in Food and Drug Administration 
regulation, 21 CFR 179.26; and
    (g) Sewage sludge.

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