Livestock feed.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) The producer of an organic livestock operation must provide livestock with a total feed ration composed of agricultural products, including pasture and forage, that are organically produced and handled by operations certified under this part, except as provided in § 205.236(a)(2)(iii) and (a)(3), except, that, synthetic substances allowed under § 205.603 and nonsynthetic substances not prohibited under § 205.604 may be used as feed additives and feed supplements, (b) The producer of an organic operation must not: (1) Use animal drugs, including hormones, to promote growth; (2) Provide feed supplements or additives in amounts above those needed for adequate nutrition and health maintenance for the species at its specific stage of life; (3) Feed plastic pellets for roughage; (4) Feed formulas containing urea or manure; (5) Feed mammalian or poultry slaughter by-products to mammals or poultry; (6) Use feed, feed additives, and feed supplements in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (7) Provide feed or forage to which any antibiotic including ionophores has been added; or (8) Prevent, withhold, restrain, or otherwise restrict ruminant animals from actively obtaining feed grazed from pasture during the grazing season, except for conditions as described under § 205.239(b) and (c). (c) During the grazing season, producers shall: (1) Provide not more than an average of 70 percent of a ruminant's dry matter demand from dry matter fed (dry matter fed does not inc

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 205.237