7 CFR § 205.500 - Areas and duration of accreditation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s205.500"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 205.500 - Areas and duration of accreditation."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "205.500"
section_name: "Areas and duration of accreditation."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 6501-6524."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 80637, Dec. 21, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "205"
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# 205.500 Areas and duration of accreditation.
(a) The Administrator shall accredit a qualified domestic or foreign applicant in the areas of crops, livestock, wild crops, or handling or any combination thereof to certify a domestic or foreign production or handling operation as a certified operation.
(b) Accreditation shall be for a period of 5 years from the date of approval of accreditation pursuant to § 205.506.
[65 FR 80637, Dec. 21, 2000, as amended at 88 FR 3624, Jan. 19, 2023]