Indiana Administrative Code
Title 375 - INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 1 - INDIANA ORGANIC CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
Rule 4 - Animal Certification Standards
Section 4-13 - Animal production practices and materials

Universal Citation: 375 IN Admin Code 4-13

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 15-15-8-17

Affected: IC 15-15-8

Sec. 13.

(a) The following are allowed as cleaning compounds used in disinfecting equipment and surfaces, such as irrigation systems, livestock structure floors, and food contact surfaces:

(1) Hydrogen peroxide solution.

(2) Alcohol, only if placed on the National List.

(3) Bleach (sodium and calcium hypochlorite).

(4) Iodoform or iodine.

(5) Soaps.

(6) Biodegradable detergents.

(7) Iodine five percent (5%).

(8) Potassium permanganate solutions.

(9) Lye.

(10) Alkali carbonates.

(11) Caustic potash.

(12) Lime.

(b) Disinfection of slaughter and other processing equipment must comply with local, state, and federal rules of food safety.

(c) Any livestock that is to be slaughtered and sold or labeled as organically produced shall be raised in accordance with this rule.

(d) Breeder stock may be purchased from any source if such stock is not in the last third of gestation.

(e) Producers on such farm shall feed such livestock organically with produced feed that meets the requirements of this rule.

(f) Producers shall not use:

(1) plastic pellets for roughage;

(2) manure refeeding; or

(3) feed formulas containing urea.

(g) Producers shall not use growth promoters and hormones on such livestock, whether implanted, ingested, or injected, including antibiotics and synthetic trace elements used to stimulate growth or production of such livestock.

(h) Genetically engineered organisms are prohibited.

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