7 CFR § 205.207 - Wild-crop harvesting practice standard.

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title: "7 CFR § 205.207 - Wild-crop harvesting practice standard."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "205.207"
section_name: "Wild-crop harvesting practice standard."
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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# 205.207 Wild-crop harvesting practice standard.

(a) A wild crop that is intended to be sold, labeled, or represented as organic must be harvested from a designated area that has had no prohibited substance, as set forth in § 205.105, applied to it for a period of 3 years immediately preceding the harvest of the wild crop.

(b) A wild crop must be harvested in a manner that ensures that such harvesting or gathering will not be destructive to the environment and will sustain the growth and production of the wild crop.