It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:

(a)  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.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 110910

  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • Processing: means cooking, baking, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, extracting, cutting, fermenting, eviscerating, preserving, dehydrating, freezing, or otherwise manufacturing, and includes packaging, canning, jarring, or otherwise enclosing food in a container. See California Health and Safety Code 110815
  • 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
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23

(b)  Alter any organic registration form.

(c)  Alter any certification document.

(d)  Falsify any document.

(e)  Use the term “transitional organic” in this state to represent a product for sale.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 533, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 2003.)