[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: 7CFR205.404]

[Page 404]
 
                          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 E--Certification
 
Sec. 205.404  Granting certification.

    (a) Within a reasonable time after completion of the initial on-site 
inspection, a certifying agent must review the on-site inspection 
report, the results of any analyses for substances conducted, and any 
additional information requested from or supplied by the applicant. If 
the certifying agent determines that the organic system plan and all 
procedures and activities of the applicant's operation are in compliance 
with the requirements of this part and that the applicant is able to 
conduct operations in accordance with the plan, the agent shall grant 
certification. The certification may include requirements for the 
correction of minor noncompliances within a specified time period as a 
condition of continued certification.
    (b) The certifying agent must issue a certificate of organic 
operation which specifies the:
    (1) Name and address of the certified operation;
    (2) Effective date of certification;
    (3) Categories of organic operation, including crops, wild crops, 
livestock, or processed products produced by the certified operation; 
and
    (4) Name, address, and telephone number of the certifying agent.
    (c) Once certified, a production or handling operation's organic 
certification continues in effect until surrendered by the organic 
operation or suspended or revoked by the certifying agent, the State 
organic program's governing State official, or the Administrator.