ics

Input Use

There are some inputs approved for use in organic production. The National Organic Program regulation contains a list of approved and prohibited substances for you to refer to. In addition, please contact your CCS regarding inputs. We cannot tell you what to use, however we can tell you whether or not you can use a specific product.

We will need to view a copy of the label and/or an MSDS sheet and have a member of the certification team review it. This is something that must be done annually as many products change their formula.

Another source you can use is the Organic Material Review Institute (OMRI) List. Make sure to read the status of listed products carefully as products are either Approved (can be used for your organic operation), Restricted (use is limited to the description given), or Prohibited (it cannot be used).

If you are already using OMRI approved products, please watch this page closely as below is a listing of OMRI dropped products (products OMRI no longer approves). If you are using one of these products, ICS will need to review the label.

     
OMRI Dropped Products 2009

Please note: the products listed here have been dropped by the Organic Materials Review Institute. They may or may not be allowed in organic production. To protect your organic status, please contact your CCS if you are using any of these products. Also, please remember to have all inputs reviewed by ICS prior to use.

ACS Activated Carbon Solution BioScientific, Inc.  (Dropped 3/12/2009)
African Nightcrawler Worm Castings     Transform Plant Products         (Dropped    6/3/2009)   
Agrastim™  Bioagra  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
AgriMagic®  St. Andrews Turf Products, LLC  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Agroneem®   Agro Logistic Systems, Inc  (Dropped 1/5/2009)
All Natural Organic 5-5-5 Fertilizer    Organic Growing Systems, Inc        (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Antipest      DOF, Ltd.        (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Aqua Power™ 5-1-1      JH Biotech, Inc.        (Dropped    5/27/2009)   
Aqua-Trend 5-1-1    Agri-Trend, LLC         (Dropped    6/2/2009)  
Balance EFA™   Profit Pro  (Dropped as of 2/20/2009)
Balance LEB™  Profit Pro  (Dropped as of 2/20/2009)
Balance ME™  Profit Pro  (Dropped as of 2/20/2009)
Balance MRE™  Profit Pro  (Dropped as of 2/20/2009)
Balance OME™  Profit Pro  (Dropped as of 2/20/2009)
Big Bear Hills Black Peat  Big Bear Hills. Inc.  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
BioFlora™ Chicken Nuggets™ 4-6-3 + 8% Ca    BioFlora Systems         (Dropped    5/6/2009)    
BioFlora™ Dry Crumbles™ 7-8-4 +8% Ca   BioFlora Systems         (Dropped    5/6/2009)    
BioLink® Insecticide    Westbridge  (Dropped    5/7/2009)
Biomin® Iron 2-0-0  JH Biotech, Inc.  (Dropped 2/27/2009)
Bone Char    The Fertrell® Company         (Dropped    5/15/2009)   
Bradfield Organics™ Pasture & Farm 4-1-4     Feed Solutions, Inc.         (Dropped    4/23/2009)    
Bradfield Organics™ Tasty Tomato 3-3-3     Feed Solutions, Inc.         (Dropped    4/23/2009)    
Bradfield Organics™ Veggie 2-3-6     Feed Solutions, Inc.         (Dropped    4/23/2009)    
Brown Rice      Sonoma Compost Co.        (Dropped    6/15/2009)    
BulbSure™ 3-5-4      PlantSure Products, LLC         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Carrier™      Stoller Enterprises, Inc.         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Catalyst Fish Meal  The Catalyst Product Group  (Dropped as of 2/20/2009)
Cell-Tech® Pea & Lentil Liquid Inoculant      EMD Crop BioScience Inc.         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Cell-Tech® Soybean     EMD Crop BioScience Inc.         (Dropped    6/1/2009)   
CheckMate® OFM-SL     Suterra, LLC         (Dropped    5/7/2009)    
Chito-Power     CT Ease™  Biotechnologies, Inc.        (Dropped    6/18/2009)  
Chito-Stick     CT Ease™  Biotechnologies, Inc.        (Dropped    6/18/2009)    
Concern® Citrus Home Pest Control™     Woodstream Corporation         (Dropped   5/14/2009)
Direct Sile 100      Medipharm USA        (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Down To Earth Bat Guano 0-7-0  Down To Earth Distributors, Inc.  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Down To Earth Coconut Husk Chips  Down To Earth Distributors, Inc  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Dried Poultry Litter  Big Red Farms  (Dropped 2/23/2009)
Eco-Nutrients 4-2-2 Eco-Hydro Fish     Eco-Nutrients, Inc.            (Dropped    5/19/2009)
essential soil™ 6 Bricks Packaged in Cardboard Box     Foenix Forest Technology, Inc.         (Dropped    5/6/2009)        
EZ-Coco™ Phase 1   EZ-Clone         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Feed-N-Gro 2-4-2     The Fertrell® Company         (Dropped    5/15/2009)    
Feed-N-Gro 3-2-3    The Fertrell® Company        (Dropped    5/15/2009)    
Feed-N-Gro OmegaGrow™     The Fertrell® Company         (Dropped    5/15/2009)
Feed-N-Gro SeaCide™     The Fertrell® Company         (Dropped    5/15/2009)
Fertrell's North Atlantic Kelp Meal   The Fertrell® Company         (Dropped 5/15/2009)
Fishplus™ 3-1-1  Greenstar Plant Products, Inc  (Dropped 4/3/2009) 
Garden-Ville Organic Insecticide      ACM-Texas, LLC        (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
GC-3™  JH Biotech, Inc.  (Dropped 3/3/2009)
GC-Mite™  JH Biotech, Inc.  (Dropped 3/3/2009)
GreenMatch™ O Burndown Herbicide      Cutting Edge Formulations, Inc.        (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
HumaPhos™  Midwestern Bio-Ag, Inc.  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Jersey Greensand  The Fertrell® Company  (Dropped as of 2/20/2009)
Kelp Sea Life™  Organic Seaweed & Fish Emulsion Natural Farmers  (Dropped 1/26/2009)
Kelprosoil      Productos del Pacifico, S.A. de C.V.        (Dropped    5/20/2009)    
Liquid Fertrell® 1 4-1-1     The Fertrell® Company         (Dropped    5/15/2009)   
Meadowfoam Seedmeal      Natural Plant Products, Inc.         (Dropped    6/1/2009)  
Megafol® 4-0-2      Valagro S.p.A.         (Dropped    6/15/2009)
Meyfer  Progasa de C.V.  (Dropped 4/16/2009) 
Microlizer    AgroMar, Inc.         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Montana Gray Rock      Montana Grey Rock, LLC         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
NAP Organic Vinegar  Northwest Agricultural Products™ Inc.  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Natural Gro 10-1-4  St. Andrews Turf Products, LLC  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Natural Gro™ 4-4-4  St. Andrews Turf Products, LLC  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Nature Mix® Trees & Shrubs Soil      Modugno-Hortibec, Inc.         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Nature's Neem Oil™     Greenstar Plant Products, Inc         (Dropped    6/1/2009)   
Nemafert      DOF, Ltd.        (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Neutra-Cite™ Foot Bath      ACM-Texas, LLC         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Nitragin® Gold Pre-Inoculant-Alfalfa     EMD Crop BioScience Inc.         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Nitragin® Gold Pre-Inoculant-Clover    EMD Crop BioScience Inc.         (Dropped    6/1/2009)   
Nutra-Celerator™  BioScientific, Inc.  (Dropped 3/12/2009) 
NutriSmart® 0-5-0 Fertilizer  CK Life Sciences Products, Ltd.  (Dropped 4/6/2009)
Organic BioLink® Cal Plus 6% Calcium  Westbridge  (Dropped 4/10/2009)
Organic Reflections BLOOM  Talaria Enterprises  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Organic Reflections GROW  Talaria Enterprises  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Organic TRIGGRR®     Westbridge         (Dropped    4/27/2009)    
Perfectly Natural™ Winter-Prep Lawn Fertilizer 5-1-14  Perfectly Natural Solutions, Inc.  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
PGPR Galaxy™      Holmes ENVIRO        (Dropped    6/15/2009)   
Phyta-Green® Organic-Based Turf and Horticulture Fertilizer™ 8-2-2 California Organic Fertilizers  (Dropped 4/16/2009)
Plant Success Granular Premium Mycorrhizae 2-2-2      Plant Revolution, Inc.        (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
PlanTea®     PlanTea         (Dropped    6/1/2009)   
Plant-N-Grow     The Bark Place Inc.         (Dropped    6/1/2009   
PlantSure™ 3-5-4      PlantSure Products, LLC         (Dropped    6/1/2009)   
PlantSure™ PLUS MYCORRHIZA 3-5-4      PlantSure Products, LLC         (Dropped    6/1/2009)   
Pura Vida Organics-Bloom     Technaflora Plant Products, LTD       (Dropped    6/4/2009)   
Pura Vida Organics-Grow    Technaflora Plant Products, LTD     (Dropped    4/24/2009)   
RainGrow™ Compost Tea  Bioz Agri Products, Inc.  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
RainGrow™ Organic Fertilizer 1-4-3  Bioz Agri Products, Inc.  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Rock Phosphate    The Fertrell® Company        (Dropped    5/15/2009)   
Rooster Booster      TexOrganics, Inc         (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
Safer® Brand Fish Emulsion All-Purpose Fertilizer 4-1-2  Woodstream Corporation  (Dropped 4/16/2009)
Safer® Brand Roach & Ant Killing Powder      Woodstream Corporation         (Dropped    5/21/2009)    
Sea Pal Liquid Fish 3-1-1      Sea Pal        (Dropped    6/15/2009)   
Serenade® A Wettable Powder Biofungicide  AgraQuest, Inc.  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
SP-1    AgriEnergy Resources         (Dropped    5/4/2009)    
Sunleaves Indonesian Bat Guano  Sunleaves Garden  (Dropped 3/1/2009)
Tarantula     Advanced Nutrients Ltd.         (Dropped    5/11/2009)    
Vermi Wonder  Bhoomi Organics, Inc.  (Dropped 4/14/2009) 
Vitamin and Mineral PreMix for Apple Slices-1 FT072254      FreshXtend Technologies Corp.       (Dropped    6/1/2009)      
Vitamin and Mineral Premix for Apple Slices-2 FT072255   FreshXtend Technologies Corp.       (Dropped    6/1/2009)    
YEOMAN™ brand OR-Stick™  Northwest Agricultural Products™ Inc.  (Dropped 3/16/2009)
Zinc Coposil™ Sulfur 15-30 Dust  Agro Valley Enterprises, Inc.  (Dropped 3/1/2009)


The following have been found to demonstrate a non-compliance with the NOP Rule and are therefore prohibited:

Agrolizer™  AgroMar, Inc  (Prohibited 2/20/2009)
Alaska® Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1  Lilly Miller Brands  (Prohibited as of 2/20/2009)
Apex Extra  EMD Crop BioScience Inc.  (Prohibited 4/13/2009)
CBM Compost  California Bio-Mass  (Prohibited 1/5/2009)
Crop Conditioner     BioFert Manufacturing Inc.        (Prohibited    6/8/2009)     
Liquid Amber    Horizon Ag-Products (Prohibited    5/7/2009)
Marizyme 4-2-2 EF  Port Organic Products  (Prohibited as of 2/20/2009)


 


 
 

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