(a) It is unlawful for any person to advertise, label, or otherwise represent that any fertilizer or pesticide chemical may be used in connection with the production, processing, or distribution of products sold as organic if that fertilizer or pesticide chemical contains a prohibited material.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to refuse to submit for inspection.

Terms Used In California Food and Agricultural Code 46024

  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38

(c) It is unlawful for any person to mislabel any organic product.

(d) It is unlawful for any person to alter any organic registration form.

(e) It is unlawful for any person to alter any certification document.

(f) It is unlawful for any person to falsify any document.

(g) It is unlawful for any person to remove a hold off sale or disposal order from any lot of product.

(h) It is unlawful to use the term “transitional organic” in this state.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 533, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2003.)

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