Federal statutes and regulations concerning certification of and criteria for "organic" agriculture?

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I'm trying to find the specific law(s) concerning what legally constitutes "organic" agriculture, including the law that states that a grower must be USDA-certified as "organic" to legally sell more than $5,000 worth of products in a given year. Does anyone know the U.S. Code sections and paragraphs on laws concerning organic growing and/or selling of organic products?

Answer 1

These laws change all the time, due to the powerful lobbiest.  More and more not so organic things are being allowed on commercial "organic" crops.

Here's the link you need:

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s....

Every crop is different, and has different requirements to be labled organic.  It's going to be a lot of research on your end.  

Good luck!

~Garnet

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Answer 2

Most of the relevant regulations can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations CFR in 7CFR 205

Answer 3

You may also search the codus alimentarious principles by FAO which is the base of certifications proceedure of most countries.