[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: 7CFR205.270]

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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 C--Organic Production and Handling Requirements
 
Sec. 205.270  Organic handling requirements.

    (a) Mechanical or biological methods, including but not limited to 
cooking, baking, curing, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, 
separating, distilling, extracting, slaughtering, cutting, fermenting, 
eviscerating, preserving, dehydrating, freezing, chilling, or otherwise 
manufacturing, and the packaging, canning, jarring, or otherwise 
enclosing food in a container may be used to process an organically 
produced agricultural product for the purpose of retarding spoilage or 
otherwise preparing the agricultural product for market.
    (b) Nonagricultural substances allowed under Sec. 205.605 and 
nonorganically produced agricultural products allowed under Sec. 205.606 
may be used:
    (1) In or on a processed agricultural product intended to be sold, 
labeled, or represented as ``organic,'' pursuant to Sec. 205.301(b), if 
not commercially available in organic form.

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    (2) In or on a processed agricultural product intended to be sold, 
labeled, or represented as ``made with organic (specified ingredients or 
food group(s)),'' pursuant to Sec. 205.301(c).
    (c) The handler of an organic handling operation must not use in or 
on agricultural products intended to be sold, labeled, or represented as 
``100 percent organic,'' ``organic,'' or ``made with organic (specified 
ingredients or food group(s)),'' or in or on any ingredients labeled as 
organic:
    (1) Practices prohibited under paragraphs (e) and (f) of 
Sec. 205.105.
    (2) A volatile synthetic solvent or other synthetic processing aid 
not allowed under Sec. 205.605: Except, That, nonorganic ingredients in 
products labeled ``made with organic (specified ingredients or food 
group(s))'' are not subject to this requirement.