Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 16, 2024
§ 205.202 - Land requirements.

Any field or farm parcel from which harvested crops are intended to be sold, labeled, or represented as “organic,” must:

(a) Have been managed in accordance with the provisions of §§ 205.203 through 205.206;

(b) Have had no prohibited substances, as listed in § 205.105, applied to it for a period of 3 years immediately preceding harvest of the crop; and

(c) Have distinct, defined boundaries and buffer zones such as runoff diversions to prevent the unintended application of a prohibited substance to the crop or contact with a prohibited substance applied to adjoining land that is not under organic management.

authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501-6524.
source: 65 FR 80637, Dec. 21, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 7 CFR 205.202