[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: 7CFR205.301]

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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 D--Labels, Labeling, and Market Information
 
Sec. 205.301  Product composition.

    (a) Products sold, labeled, or represented as ``100 percent 
organic.'' A raw or processed agricultural product sold, labeled, or 
represented as ``100 percent organic'' must contain (by weight or fluid 
volume, excluding water and salt) 100 percent organically produced 
ingredients. If labeled as organically produced, such product must be 
labeled pursuant to Sec. 205.303.
    (b) Products sold, labeled, or represented as ``organic.'' A raw or 
processed agricultural product sold, labeled, or represented as 
``organic'' must contain (by weight or fluid volume, excluding water and 
salt) not less than 95 percent organically produced raw or processed 
agricultural products. Any remaining product ingredients must be 
organically produced, unless not commercially available in organic form, 
or must be nonagricultural substances or nonorganically produced 
agricultural products produced consistent with the National List in 
subpart G of this part. If labeled as organically produced, such product 
must be labeled pursuant to Sec. 205.303.
    (c) Products sold, labeled, or represented as ``made with organic 
(specified ingredients or food group(s)).'' Multiingredient agricultural 
product sold, labeled, or represented as ``made with

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organic (specified ingredients or food group(s))'' must contain (by 
weight or fluid volume, excluding water and salt) at least 70 percent 
organically produced ingredients which are produced and handled pursuant 
to requirements in subpart C of this part. No ingredients may be 
produced using prohibited practices specified in paragraphs (f)(1), (2), 
and (3) of Sec. 205.301. Nonorganic ingredients may be produced without 
regard to paragraphs (f)(4), (5), (6), and (7) of Sec. 205.301. If 
labeled as containing organically produced ingredients or food groups, 
such product must be labeled pursuant to Sec. 205.304.
    (d) Products with less than 70 percent organically produced 
ingredients. The organic ingredients in multiingredient agricultural 
product containing less than 70 percent organically produced ingredients 
(by weight or fluid volume, excluding water and salt) must be produced 
and handled pursuant to requirements in subpart C of this part. The 
nonorganic ingredients may be produced and handled without regard to the 
requirements of this part. Multiingredient agricultural product 
containing less than 70 percent organically produced ingredients may 
represent the organic nature of the product only as provided in 
Sec. 205.305.
    (e) Livestock feed. (1) A raw or processed livestock feed product 
sold, labeled, or represented as ``100 percent organic'' must contain 
(by weight or fluid volume, excluding water and salt) not less than 100 
percent organically produced raw or processed agricultural product.
    (2) A raw or processed livestock feed product sold, labeled, or 
represented as ``organic'' must be produced in conformance with 
Sec. 205.237.
    (f) All products labeled as ``100 percent organic'' or ``organic'' 
and all ingredients identified as ``organic'' in the ingredient 
statement of any product must not:
    (1) Be produced using excluded methods, pursuant to Sec. 201.105(e) 
of this chapter;
    (2) Be produced using sewage sludge, pursuant to Sec. 201.105(f) of 
this chapter;
    (3) Be processed using ionizing radiation, pursuant to 
Sec. 201.105(g) of this chapter;
    (4) Be processed using processing aids not approved on the National 
List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances in subpart G of this part: 
Except, That, products labeled as ``100 percent organic,'' if processed, 
must be processed using organically produced processing aids;
    (5) Contain sulfites, nitrates, or nitrites added during the 
production or handling process, Except, that, wine containing added 
sulfites may be labeled ``made with organic grapes'';
    (6) Be produced using nonorganic ingredients when organic 
ingredients are available; or
    (7) Include organic and nonorganic forms of the same ingredient.