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1. SCOPE
1.1 Foods and other agricultural products shall refer to organic production methods only if they come from afarm system employing management practices that seek to nurture ecosystems in order to achieve sustainableproductivity; and that provide weed, pest and disease control through enhancement of biodiversity, recycling ofplant and animal residues, crop selection and rotation, water management, tillage and cultivation.
1.2 This standard applies to the following products:
a. unprocessed plants and plant products, livestock and livestock products, to the extent that the principles ofproduction and specific verification rules for them are described in the standard
b. processed agricultural crop and livestock products intended for human consumption or use and derived fromthe items mentioned in par. 1.2 a.
c. livestock feedd. processed agricultural crop and livestock products intended for animal consumption or use and derived fromthe items mentioned in par. 1.2 a.
1.3 Quantities and dimensions in this standard are given in metric units with yard/pound equivalents, mostly obtainedthrough soft conversion, given in parentheses. The metric units shall be regarded as official in the event of disputeor unforeseen difficulty arising from the conversion.
1.4 Prohibited Substances, Methods or Ingredients in Organic Production and Handling
1.4.1 When producing or handling organic products, it is forbidden to use any of the following substances ortechniques:
a. all materials and products produced from genetic engineering as these are not compatible with the organicprinciples and therefore are not accepted under this standard
b. synthetic pesticides (e.g. defoliants and desiccants, fungicides, insecticides and rodenticides), woodpreservatives (e.g. arsenate) or other pesticides, except as specified in CAN/CGSB-32.311, Organic ProductionSystems -- Permitted Substances Lists
c. fertilizer or composted plant and animal material that contains a substance prohibited by par. 1.4.1 (and notincluded in CAN/CGSB-32.311, Organic Production Systems -- Permitted Substances Lists)
d. sewage sludge, in any form, as defined in this standard, as a soil amendment
e. synthetic growth regulators
f. synthetic allopathic veterinary drugs, including antibiotics and parasiticides, except as specified in thisstandard
g. synthetic processing substances, aids and ingredients, and food additives and processing aids includingsulphates, nitrates and nitrites, except as specified in CAN/CGSB-32.311, Organic Production Systems --Permitted Substances Lists
h. ionizing radiation and forms of irradiation on products destined for food or their inputs, as defined in thisstandard, except as specified in CAN/CGSB-32.311, Organic Production Systems -- Permitted SubstancesLists
i. equipment, packaging materials and storage containers, or bins that contain a synthetic fungicide, preservativeor fumigant
j. substances that are not included in CAN/CGSB-32.311, Organic Production Systems -- Permitted SubstancesLists, except as provided by this standard
k. cloned farm animals and their descendants. A producer shall know the lineage of any non-organic animalbrought under organic management.
1.4.2 The same ingredient in both an organic and non-organic form shall not be present in an organic product.
