81-2,234 Department; compile list of persons who grow or raise organic food; adopt rules and regulations; criteria. - Nebraska Statutes

81-2,234. Department; compile list of persons who grow or raise organic food; adopt rules and regulations; criteria.(1) The department may compile a list of persons who grow or raise organic food and adopt and promulgate rules and regulations including a provision for standards for organic food and marketing practices.(2) In adopting and promulgating rules and regulations which provide standards for organic food and marketing practices, the department may utilize, but shall not be limited to, the following criteria:(a) No synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, growth stimulants, or arsenicals may be used in the growing or raising of the food product or in the growing or raising of any ingredients of which the food product is composed. Natural substances such as diatomaceous earth, soaps, elemental sulfur, lime sulfur, and basic copper sulfate may be used;(b) Treated seed may be used in growing a food product or ingredient only when untreated seed is not available;(c) The food product or ingredient may be grown or raised only on soil which is free of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, growth stimulants, and arsenicals (i) through March 31, 1988, for one year, (ii) after March 31, 1988, and through March 31, 1989, for two years, and (iii) after March 31, 1989, for three years; and(d) If fumigation is needed, only diatomaceous earth or inert gas may be used.Such food products or ingredients may be stored in a regular, cold, or controlled atmosphere. SourceLaws 1986, LB 1016, § 2.