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[CITE: 7USC6504]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                    CHAPTER 94--ORGANIC CERTIFICATION
 
Sec. 6504. National standards for organic production

    To be sold or labeled as an organically produced agricultural 
product under this chapter, an agricultural product shall--
        (1) have been produced and handled without the use of synthetic 
    chemicals, except as otherwise provided in this chapter;
        (2) except as otherwise provided in this chapter and excluding 
    livestock, not be produced on land to which any prohibited 
    substances, including synthetic chemicals, have been applied during 
    the 3 years immediately preceding the harvest of the agricultural 
    products; and
        (3) be produced and handled in compliance with an organic plan 
    agreed to by the producer and handler of such product and the 
    certifying agent.

(Pub. L. 101-624, title XXI, Sec. 2105, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3937; 
Pub. L. 102-237, title X, Sec. 1001(1), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1893.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Par. (2). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``; and'' for period at 
end.
