If you operate a business that manufactures, distributes, and/or sells hemp foods, supplements, or cosmetic products, your product may contain some organic ingredients. Your products may also include hemp extract ingredients derived from USDA-certified “organic” hemp crops.

What Makes Hemp Organic?
If you operate a business that manufactures, distributes, and/or sells hemp foods, supplements, or cosmetic products, your product may contain some organic ingredients. Your products may also include hemp extract ingredients derived from USDA-certified “organic” hemp crops. But what does this mean in terms of reflecting these organic ingredients on your product’s label? If your product contains some certified organic ingredients, does this mean you can use the “USDA Organic” seal? Can you claim the product includes ingredients derived from “organically grown” hemp? Can you claim the product generally contains “certified organic” ingredients anywhere on the label?</p Well, the answers to these questions depend on several factors. Whether you can claim “organic” on your product’s label will generally depend on the category of organic products in which your product falls.Hemp and The USDA National Organic Program
Notably, the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) has implemented rather stringent requirements to make any type of organic claim about a product, particularly claims that use the word “organic” on any prominent panels of the label. So, while you might be meaning to include a seemingly truthful representation on your product’s label concerning organic ingredients, such a claim could be violating NOP rules without you realizing the claim is a violation. This can happen even if you do not actually use the “USDA Organic” seal anywhere on the label. Even if the claim appears to be truthful, such as claiming the product is “Made With Organic Ingredients.”Hemp and USDA Requirements
Generally speaking, the USDA requirements for products that are labeled with the term “organic” are separate from the laws that FDA enforces. Products that are ordinarily under FDA’s jurisdiction and labeled with organic claims must comply with both USDA NOP regulations for the organic claim and FDA regulations for food/cosmetic labeling and safety. In a nutshell, there are four general classifications of organic claims to be made on product labels:- 100% Organic
- Organic
- “Made With” Organic
- Specific Organic Ingredients