§ 6504. National standards for organic production

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1990

   Organic Foods Production Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 title XXI § 2105 · 104 Stat. 3359

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6504

   Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2105, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3937

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2105, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3937

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2105. NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION. To be sold or labeled as an organically produced agricultural product under this title, an agricultural product shall— (1) have been produced and handled without the use of synthetic chemicals, except as otherwise provided in this title; (2) except as otherwise provided in this title 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. (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.

2. 1991

   Pub. L. 102–237 title X § 1001(1) · 105 Stat. 1818

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6504(2)

   Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “; and” for period at end

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (2). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “; and” for period at end.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in section 2105 (7 U.S.C. 6504), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “; and”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision