7 CFR 205.202
§ 205.202 Land requirements.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 205.202, § 205.202 Land requirements, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/17187
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Full text
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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.