Packaged products labeled “100 percent organic” or “organic.”

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Agricultural products in packages described in § 205.301(a) and (b) may display, on the principal display panel, information panel, and any other panel of the package and on any labeling or market information concerning the product, the following: (1) The term, “100 percent organic” or “organic,” as applicable, to modify the name of the product; (2) For products labeled “organic,” the percentage of organic ingredients in the product; (The size of the percentage statement must not exceed one-half the size of the largest type size on the panel on which the statement is displayed and must appear in its entirety in the same type size, style, and color without highlighting.) (3) The term, “organic,” to identify the organic ingredients in multiingredient products labeled “100 percent organic”; (4) The USDA seal; and/or (5) The seal, logo, or other identifying mark of the certifying agent which certified the production or handling operation producing the finished product and any other certifying agent which certified production or handling operations producing raw organic product or organic ingredients used in the finished product: (b) Agricultural products in packages described in § 205.301(a) and (b) must: (1) For products labeled “organic,” identify each organic ingredient in the ingredient statement with the word, “organic,” or with an asterisk or other reference mark which is defined below the ingredient statement to indicate the ingredient is organically produced. Water or

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 205.303