[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR205.238]

[Page 396-397]
 
                          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. 205.238  Livestock health care practice standard.

    (a) The producer must establish and maintain preventive livestock 
health care practices, including:
    (1) Selection of species and types of livestock with regard to 
suitability for site-specific conditions and resistance to prevalent 
diseases and parasites;

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    (2) Provision of a feed ration sufficient to meet nutritional 
requirements, including vitamins, minerals, protein and/or amino acids, 
fatty acids, energy sources, and fiber (ruminants);
    (3) Establishment of appropriate housing, pasture conditions, and 
sanitation practices to minimize the occurrence and spread of diseases 
and parasites;
    (4) Provision of conditions which allow for exercise, freedom of 
movement, and reduction of stress appropriate to the species;
    (5) Performance of physical alterations as needed to promote the 
animal's welfare and in a manner that minimizes pain and stress; and
    (6) Administration of vaccines and other veterinary biologics.
    (b) When preventive practices and veterinary biologics are 
inadequate to prevent sickness, a producer may administer synthetic 
medications: Provided, That, such medications are allowed under Sec. 
205.603. Parasiticides allowed under Sec. 205.603 may be used on:
    (1) Breeder stock, when used prior to the last third of gestation 
but not during lactation for progeny that are to be sold, labeled, or 
represented as organically produced; and
    (2) Dairy stock, when used a minimum of 90 days prior to the 
production of milk or milk products that are to be sold, labeled, or 
represented as organic.
    (c) The producer of an organic livestock operation must not:
    (1) Sell, label, or represent as organic any animal or edible 
product derived from any animal treated with antibiotics, any substance 
that contains a synthetic substance not allowed under Sec. 205.603, or 
any substance that contains a nonsynthetic substance prohibited in Sec. 
205.604.
    (2) Administer any animal drug, other than vaccinations, in the 
absence of illness;
    (3) Administer hormones for growth promotion;
    (4) Administer synthetic parasiticides on a routine basis;
    (5) Administer synthetic parasiticides to slaughter stock;
    (6) Administer animal drugs in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act; or
    (7) Withhold medical treatment from a sick animal in an effort to 
preserve its organic status. All appropriate medications must be used to 
restore an animal to health when methods acceptable to organic 
production fail. Livestock treated with a prohibited substance must be 
clearly identified and shall not be sold, labeled, or represented as 
organically produced.