[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: 7CFR205.239]

[Page 395]
 
                          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 C--Organic Production and Handling Requirements
 
Sec. 205.239  Livestock living conditions.

    (a) The producer of an organic livestock operation must establish 
and maintain livestock living conditions which accommodate the health 
and natural behavior of animals, including:
    (1) Access to the outdoors, shade, shelter, exercise areas, fresh 
air, and direct sunlight suitable to the species, its stage of 
production, the climate, and the environment;
    (2) Access to pasture for ruminants;
    (3) Appropriate clean, dry bedding. If the bedding is typically 
consumed by the animal species, it must comply with the feed 
requirements of Sec. 205.237;
    (4) Shelter designed to allow for:
    (i) Natural maintenance, comfort behaviors, and opportunity to 
exercise;
    (ii) Temperature level, ventilation, and air circulation suitable to 
the species; and
    (iii) Reduction of potential for livestock injury;
    (b) The producer of an organic livestock operation may provide 
temporary confinement for an animal because of:
    (1) Inclement weather;
    (2) The animal's stage of production;
    (3) Conditions under which the health, safety, or well being of the 
animal could be jeopardized; or
    (4) Risk to soil or water quality.
    (c) The producer of an organic livestock operation must manage 
manure in a manner that does not contribute to contamination of crops, 
soil, or water by plant nutrients, heavy metals, or pathogenic organisms 
and optimizes recycling of nutrients.