Alaska Statutes.
Title 17. Food and Drugs
Chapter 6. Sale of Organic Meat, Fish, Poultry, and Processed Foods
Section 10. Prohibition.
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AS 17.06.010. Prohibition.

(a) A person may not sell or offer for sale food represented as organic food if the person knows or has reason to know that the food has been grown, raised, or produced with the use of

(1) a fertilizer, except for manure and other natural fertilizers;

(2) a manufactured pesticide, hormone, antibiotic, or growth stimulant, except for Bacillus thuringensis and other natural pesticides;

(3) a substance listed by the department under AS 17.06.050 that is similar to a substance that is restricted with regard to organic food under (1) or (2) of this subsection.

(b) In this section, "with the use of" means

(1) applied to the food before a retail sale;

(2) fed to the animal producing the food;

(3) unless the substance applied is a pesticide, applied to the soil or other growing medium within one year before seed planting or transplanting, or, if the crops are perennial, before the appearance of the flower bud; or

(4) in the case of pesticides, applied to the soil or other growing medium within two years before seed planting or transplanting, or, if the crops are perennial, before the appearance of the flower bud.

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