7 CFR § 205.202 - Land requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s205.202"
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title: "7 CFR § 205.202 - Land requirements."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "205.202"
section_name: "Land requirements."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIC FOODS PRODUCTION ACT PROVISIONS"
part_number: "205"
part_name: "NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 6501-6524."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 80637, Dec. 21, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 205.202 Land requirements.

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.