Organic Items

An organic product is made from materials produced by organic agriculture. There are different types of organic products. However, organic product is more known for food items like organic grocery, organic vegetables, organic certified food etc. Most appropriately organic products can be explained as any products that is made or cultivated organically should be treated as an organic product. Most of the country has very strict food safety and security guidelines to protect consumers from consuming harmful products. Most of the country has its own standard to define products as organic. USA uses USDA certification – NOP National Organic Program to define a cultivated product as organic. Indian Organic – NPOP (National Program for Organic Production). According to USDA, in order for a product to be considered organic, organic standards must be met. Operations involving these organic products must be “protecting natural resources, conserving biodiversity, and using only approved substances.

To be marketed as “organic” products require certification and must comply with certain guidelines. In the United States the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances details synthetic and non-synthetic substances that can be used in the process of producing organic products. This list involves specific substances that can be used to produce organic material involving crops and livestock.