[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 15]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR2902.7]



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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

           CHAPTER XXIX--OFFICE OF ENERGY POLICY AND NEW USES,

                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 2902_GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNATING BIOBASED PRODUCTS FOR FEDERAL 

PROCUREMENT--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 2902.7  Determining biobased content.



    (a) Certification requirements. For any product offered for 

preferred procurement, manufacturers and vendors must certify that the 

product meets the biobased content requirements for the designated item 

within which the product falls. Paragraph (c) of this section addresses 

how to determine biobased content. Upon request, manufacturers and 

vendors must provide USDA and Federal agencies information to verify 

biobased content for products certified to qualify for preferred 

procurement.

    (b) Minimum biobased content. Unless specified otherwise in the 

designation of a particular item, the minimum biobased content 

requirements in a specific item designation refer to the biobased 

portion of the product, and not the entire product.

    (c) Determining biobased content. Verification of biobased content 

must be based on third party ASTM/ISO compliant test facility testing 

using the ASTM International Radioisotope Standard Method D 6866. ASTM 

International Radioisotope Standard Method D 6866 determines biobased 

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based on the amount of biobased carbon in the material or product as 

percent of the weight (mass) of the total organic carbon in the material 

or product.

    (d) Products with the same formulation. In the case of products that 

are essentially the same formulation, but marketed under a variety of 

brand names, biobased content test data need not be brand-name specific.