Multi-ingredient cosmetic products sold as organic in California with less than 70 percent organically produced ingredients, by weight or by fluid volume, excluding water and salt, may only identify the organic content as follows:

(a)  By identifying each organically produced ingredient in the ingredient statement with the word “organic” or with an asterisk or other reference mark that is defined below the ingredient statement to indicate the ingredient is organically produced.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 110839

  • Sold as organic: means any use of the terms "organic" "organically grown" or grammatical variations of those terms, whether orally or in writing, in connection with any product grown, handled, processed, sold, or offered for sale in this state, including, but not limited to, any use of these terms in labeling or advertising of any product and any ingredient in a multi-ingredient product. See California Health and Safety Code 110815

(b)  If the organically produced ingredients are identified in the ingredient statement, by displaying the product’s percentage of organic contents on the information panel.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 533, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 2003.)

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