Organic production systems — Permitted substances lists

Designation Number:
CAN/CGSB-32.311
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Development Activity:
Amendment Revision
Status:
Proceeding to development
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SDO Comment Period End Date:
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Scope:

1.1 This National Standard of CanadaFootnote 1 provides additional information to CAN/CGSB-32.310, Organic production systems — General principles and management standards, in the form of permitted substances to be used as annotated in accordance with the scope of the table in which they are listed. Use of a listed substance in a manner inconsistent with the scope of the table in which it appears is not permitted, except as specified in a listed substance annotation. Listed substances shall comply with prohibitions in 1.4 of CAN/CGSB-32.310.

 

1.2 Units of measure

Quantities and dimensions in this standard are given in metric units with yard/pound equivalents, mostly obtained through soft conversion, given in parentheses. The metric units shall be regarded as official in the event of dispute or unforeseen difficulty arising from the conversion.

Project need:

The organic agriculture standards are being updated to reflect a few updates to the standards as well as errors in the last editions

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