Sunday, November 14, 2010

What the organic sticker means

From the USDA website:

How does the certification process work?
"All organic production and handling operations must be certified by third
arties accredited by the USDA. Producers that sell less than $5,000 worth
of organic products a year do not have to be certified, although they must
follow NOP requirements and document that they do so. The regulations
require that products labeled:

􀂃 “100 percent organic” contain only organic ingredients.

􀂃 “Organic” contain at least 95 percent organic materials. Products in
this or the first category can (but are not required to) display the
USDA Organic seal shown on page 2.

􀂃 “Made with organic ingredients” contain 70-95 percent organic ingredients
and may list up to three of them.

Products with less than 70 percent organic ingredients may not use the
term organic other than to list specific organic ingredients.

Complete information about the NOP, including the regulations and
penalties, is available at http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/."

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