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If the ingredients used in my product are organically produced, but my final product is not certified as “organic”, can I still claim that my product is organic?

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Under regulation 9B(5) of the Food Regulations, food products may be labelled with claims such as "organically produced", "organic" or similar terms, as long as there is a valid certificate to substantiate that the product is certified as organic under an inspection and certification scheme that complies with section 6.3 of the Codex Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (CXG 32-1999) or an equivalent system. If one or more ingredients used to make the final food product are organically produced, but the final food product is not certified as "organic", the final food product should not be labelled in a way that misleads consumers into thinking that the entire product is organic.

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