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Use of Restricted Chemicals Under Organic Certification

Started by , Nov 08 2025 07:03 AM
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I have a question about the law regulating substances used in organic production. The law stipulates chemicals that cannot be used, and my disinfectant is on this list. However, I only use this disinfectant on walls and floors that do not come into direct contact with food. Is this chemical still allowed to be used?

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Which organic standard are you trying to follow? USDA, EU, any other?

This would be an excellent question for your organic certifier.  But at least for US operations I've seen, the certifiers have had no issues with chemicals that do not touch food contact surfaces.  You'll need to prove via training programs that employees are competent to use ONLY approved chemicals on food equipment.

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Which organic standard are you trying to follow? USDA, EU, any other?

I follow both USDA and EU, and I have a chemical that cannot be used in EU

Are you talking about quaternary ammonium disinfectants? If not, what chemical are we discussing. It makes things a lot easier if we don't have to guess.

How are the chemicals applied to the walls or floors? If they are sprayed it risks aerosols that settle on nearby food surfaces.

 

Besides, having this material on the premises still risks an employee using the wrong bottle and ruining your organic certification even if its use on floors and walls is allowed.

Why not just switch to something that won't cause any risk?


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