>Are you sure about this?
reference here excerpts below: I give the top
section then the piece that is of interest.
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NOP/standards/FullRegTextOnly.
html
� 205.105 Allowed and prohibited substances,
methods, and ingredients in organic production
and handling.
To be sold or labeled as "100 percent organic,"
"organic," or "made with organic (specified
ingredients or food group(s))," the product must
be produced and handled without the use of:
.....
(e) Excluded methods, except for vaccines,
Provided , That, the vaccines are approved in
accordance with � 205.600(a);
� 205.238 Livestock health care practice standard.
(a) The producer must establish and maintain
preventive livestock health care practices,
including:
(b) When preventive practices and veterinary
biologics are inadequate to prevent sickness, a
producer may administer synthetic medications:
Provided, That, such medications are allowed
under � 205.603. Parasiticides allowed under �
205.603 may be used on
(1) Breeder stock, when used prior to the last
third of gestation but not during lactation for
progeny that are to be sold, labeled, or
represented as organically produced; and
(2) Dairy stock, when used a minimum of 90 days
prior to the production of milk or milk products
that are to be sold, labeled, or represented as
organic.
Subpart G - Administrative
The National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances
� 205.600 Evaluation criteria for allowed and
prohibited substances, methods, and ingredients .
then there is the list of allowed substances
� 205.603 Synthetic substances allowed for use
in organic livestock production.
(13) Paraciticides. Ivermectin - prohibited in
slaughter stock, allowed in
emergency treatment for dairy and breeder stock
when organic system plan-approved preventive
management does not prevent
infestation. Milk or milk products from a
treated animal cannot be labeled as
provided for in subpart D of this part
for 90 days following treatment. In breeder
stock, treatment cannot occur during
the last third of gestation if the progeny will
be sold as organic and must not be used during
the lactation period for breeding
stock.
And for teh DE folks
� 205.605 Nonagricultural (nonorganic)
substances allowed as ingredients in or on
processed products labeled as "organic" or "made
with organic (specified ingredients or food
groups(s))."
Diatomaceous earth - food filtering aid only.
So the only legal use of DE is as a filter, you
cannot feed it to organic livestock
>Are you sure you have the most current information?
Directly from my bottle of cattle Ivomec on both
the bottle and the sheet of data in it and the
box. My bottle has an expiration date of 02-2006
so I suspect it is current. I quote directly
"Residue Information: Do not treat cattle within
35 days of slaughter. Because a withdrawal time
in milk has not been established, do not use in
female dairy cattle of breeding age. Do not treat
swine within 18 days of slaughter."
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