[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: 7CFR205.303]

[Page 401]
 
                          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. 205.303  Packaged products labeled ``100 percent organic'' or ``organic.''

    (a) Agricultural products in packages described in Sec. 205.301(a) 
and (b) may display, on the principal display panel, information panel, 
and any other panel of the package and on any labeling or market 
information concerning the product, the following:
    (1) The term, ``100 percent organic'' or ``organic,'' as applicable, 
to modify the name of the product;
    (2) For products labeled ``organic,'' the percentage of organic 
ingredients in the product; (The size of the percentage statement must 
not exceed one-half the size of the largest type size on the panel on 
which the statement is displayed and must appear in its entirety in the 
same type size, style, and color without highlighting.)
    (3) The term, ``organic,'' to identify the organic ingredients in 
multiingredient products labeled ``100 percent organic'';
    (4) The USDA seal; and/or
    (5) The seal, logo, or other identifying mark of the certifying 
agent which certified the production or handling operation producing the 
finished product and any other certifying agent which certified 
production or handling operations producing raw organic product or 
organic ingredients used in the finished product: Provided, That, the 
handler producing the finished product maintain records, pursuant to 
this part, verifying organic certification of the operations producing 
such ingredients, and: Provided further, That, such seals or marks are 
not individually displayed more prominently than the USDA seal.
    (b) Agricultural products in packages described in Sec. 205.301(a) 
and (b) must:
    (1) For products labeled ``organic,'' identify each organic 
ingredient in the ingredient statement with the word, ``organic,'' or 
with an asterisk or other reference mark which is defined below the 
ingredient statement to indicate the ingredient is organically produced. 
Water or salt included as ingredients cannot be identified as organic.
    (2) On the information panel, below the information identifying the 
handler or distributor of the product and preceded by the statement, 
``Certified organic by * * *,'' or similar phrase, identify the name of 
the certifying agent that certified the handler of the finished product 
and may display the business address, Internet address, or telephone 
number of the certifying agent in such label.