► All agricultural products used for feed or feed ingredients including pastures must be certified organic to the respective program ► All other feed additives must be of a natural source and have undergone only mechanical, physical, biological/enzymatic, and/or microbial (i.e. fermentation) processes (chemo- synthetic processing, extraction, etc. is prohibited) ► Feed and feed supplements produced through genetic modification are prohibited ► Any feed product containing manure or urea is prohibited ► Synthetic/artificial appetizers, colorants, preservatives, growth promoters, and/or growth stimulants are prohibited (this includes synthetic hormones, antibiotics, and trace elements) ► Meat, eggs and dairy products can be certified organic ► Meat animals/slaughter stock must be under organic management from the last third of the gestation period ► Dairy stock must be under organic management for 1 year prior to organic production ► Poultry broilers and poultry products must be poultry that are under organic management no later than the second day of life ► All agricultural products used for feed or feed ingredients must be certified organic to the respective program including pastures ► Feed and feed supplements produced through genetic modifications are prohibited ► Any feed product containing manure or urea is prohibited ► Feeding of mammalian or poultry by-products to mammals or poultry is prohibited ► Hormone treatment for growth promotion is prohibited
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