The Florida Senate

¹504.29  Organic food standards.--Food shall be certified as organically grown when all the following conditions are met:

(1)  The food is produced without the use of artificial radiation, synthetic pesticides, synthetic plant or soil amendments, or synthetically compounded fertilizers.

(2)  In the case of perennial crops, the food is grown in soil or growth medium free of the application of synthetic pesticides, synthetic soil and plant amendments, and synthetic fertilizer materials, for 3 years prior to harvest.

(3)  In the case of annual crops and 2-year crops, the food is grown without the use of synthetic pesticides, synthetic soil and plant amendments, and synthetic fertilizer materials, for 3 years prior to planting.

(4)  There are no residues of synthetic pesticides, except for residues resulting from environmental contaminants or drift. These residues shall be no greater than 1 percent of the tolerances or guidelines established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the United States Food and Drug Administration, or both. The department shall take as its guideline the federal rules in effect as of February 1, 1990.

(5)  In the case of meat, poultry, fish, or other animal, each is produced with certified organic feed and supplements throughout the life of the animal and without the use of any chemical or drug to stimulate or regulate growth or tenderness and without any drugs or antibiotics administered or introduced to such animal by injection or ingestion, from birth to slaughter, except for treatment of a specific disease. Drugs or antibiotics may not be administered or introduced to the animal within 120 days of the slaughter of the animal.

History.--ss. 1, 6, ch. 90-322; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 17, ch. 2001-279.

¹Note.--Repealed December 31, 2002, by s. 17, ch. 2001-279.