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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3941 (C) feed formulas containing urea; and (3) shall not use growth promoters and hormones on such livestock, whether implanted, ingested, or injected, including antibiotics and S3nithetic trace elements used to stimulate growth or production of such livestock. (d) HEALTH CARE.— (1) PROHIBITED PRACTICES. — For a farm to be certified under this title as an organic farm with respect to the livestock produced by such farm, producers on such farm shall not— (A) use subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics; (B) use synthetic internal paraciticides on a routine basis; or (C) administer medication, other than vaccinations, in the absence of illness. (2) STANDARDS. — The National Organic Standards Board shall recommend to the Secretary standards in addition to those in pargigraph (1) for the care of livestock to ensure that such livestock is organically produced. (e) ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES.— (1) POULTRY.—With the exception of day old poultry, all poultry from which meat or eggs will be sold or labeled as organically produced shall be raised and handled in accordance with this title prior to and during the period in which such meat or eggs are sold. (2) DAIRY LIVESTOCK. —A dairy animal from which milk or milk products will be sold or labeled as organically produced shall be raised and handled in accordance with this title for not less than the 12-month period immediately prior to the sale of such milk and milk products. (f) LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION. — (1) IN GENERAL. —For a farm to be certified under this title as Records. an organic farm with respect to the livestock produced by such farm, producers on such farm shall keep adequate records and maintain a detailed, verifiable audit trail so that each emiimal (or in the case of poultry, each flock) can be traced back to such farm. (2) RECORDS. — In order to carry out paragraph (1), each producer shall keep accurate records on each animal (or in the case of poultry, each flock) including— (A) amounts and sources of all medications administered; and (B) all feeds and feed supplements bought and fed. (h) NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENT.— The Secretary shall hold Regulations. public hearings and shall develop detailed regulations, with notice and public comment, to guide the implementation of the standards for livestock products provided under this section. SEC. 2111. HANDLING. 7 USC 6510. (a) IN GENERAL. —For a hgindling operation to be certified under this title, each person on such handling operation shall not, with respect to any agricultural product covered by this title— (1) add any synthetic ingredient during the processing or any post harvest handling of the product; (2) add any ingredient known to contain levels of nitrates, heavy metals, or toxic residues in excess of those permitted by the applicable organic certification program; (3) add any sulfites, nitrates, or nitrites;

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