Health & Saf. Code, § 110820 · Article 7. The California Organic Food and Farming Act
Health & Saf. Code, § 110820
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Except as otherwise provided in this article, no product shall be sold as organic pursuant to this article unless it is produced according to regulations promulgated by the NOP, and consists entirely of products manufactured only from raw or processed agricultural products except as follows:
(a) Water, air, and salt may be added to the product.
(b) Ingredients other than raw or processed agricultural products may be added to the product if these ingredients include nonagricultural substances or nonorganically produced agricultural products produced in a manner consistent with, or which are on the national list adopted by the United States Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to Section 6517 of the NOP and do not represent more than 5 percent of the weight of the total finished product, excluding salt and water.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 533, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 2003.
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