Elements of State Organic Labeling
Element
CA
IO
ME
MA
MN
MT
NE
NH
ND
OH
OR
SD
TX
WA
WI
Action & Effective Date:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Law
79
89
80
-
88
86
85
88
87
-
78
87
-
85
88
Rule
81
-
-
78
88
-
-
-
-
89
-
-
-
88
90
Standard
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
88
-
-
Jurisdiction:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dept. of Ag.
-
X
X
-
X
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Dept. of Health
X
-
-
X
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Compliance Req. From
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Producers
X
X
X
-
X
X
X
X
-
X
X
-
X
X
X
Processors
X
X
X
-
X
X
-
X
-
X
X
-
X
-
X
Distributors
-
X
-
X
-
-
-
X
-
X
-
-
X
-
X
Vendors
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Must Register with State
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
"Organic"=meets state code
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X
X
X
X
X
-
X
X
Records req. to verify
X
X
X
X
X
-
-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Years records must be kept
2
3
2
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
2
3
State can inspect records
X
X
X
X
X
-
X
X
-
X
X
-
X
X
X
"Organic"=cert. organic
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
State Label
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
X
X
-
Transition Label
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
Labled "meets state code" req.
X
X
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Producer affidavit to vendor
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
Ads reg. name/addr. of producer
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
X
-
"Cert. organic" req. name of certifier on ad or label
-
X
X
-
X
-
-
X
-
X
X
-
-
-
X
Dept. of Ag. does certification
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
X
X
-
Dept. of Ag. contacts for cert.
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dept. of Ag.registers certif. programs
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
X
-
-
X
-
-
-
Dept. of Ag. sets cert. prog. procedures
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
X
-
-
X
Dept. of Ag.can ask for lab tests
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
X
-
X
X
X
Lab tests for residues required
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
% of FDA/EPA residues allowable
10
-
10
-
10
10
-
1
-
10
10
-
0
-
0
No irradiation treatment
-
X
-
-
X
X
-
X
-
X
-
-
X
-
X
Crops:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Years free of synth. pesticides
1
-
3
-
-
2
-
-
3
3
-
3
3
1
3
Years free of synth. fertilizer
1
-
3
-
-
2
-
-
3
3
-
3
2
1
2
Stag. 1-3 years from eff. date
-
X
-
-
X
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Treated seed OK if untr. unavailable
-
X
-
-
X
-
X
-
X
-
-
X
X
-
-
As above/documentation required
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
violation=misbranding
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
X
Civil fine
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
Injunction
-
X
X
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
X
-

Source: United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association

Prepared by: Ammie Chickering as of May 1, 1989

Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture