{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-205.401","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 205.401","heading":"Application for certification.","body":"A person seeking certification of a production or handling operation under this subpart must submit an application for certification to a certifying agent. The application must include the following information:\n(a) An organic production or handling system plan, as required in § 205.201;\n(b) The name of the person completing the application; the applicant's business name, address, and telephone number; and, when the applicant is a corporation, the name, address, and telephone number of the person authorized to act on the applicant's behalf;\n(c) The name(s) of any organic certifying agent(s) to which application has previously been made; the year(s) of application; the outcome of the application(s) submission, including, when available, a copy of any notification of noncompliance or denial of certification issued to the applicant for certification; and a description of the actions taken by the applicant to correct the noncompliances noted in the notification of noncompliance, including evidence of such correction; and\n(d) Other information necessary to determine compliance with the Act and the regulations in this part.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER M—ORGANIC FOODS PRODUCTION ACT PROVISIONS","PART 205—NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM","Subpart E—Certification"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"3a2943aa5ac6b1b3851fa96bc3fb540bd0268cc23cdd4f69edaa50233b507014","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-205.400","next":"us/7-cfr-205.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}