---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1417.5"
title: "7"
number: "1417.5"
heading: "Eligible producers and handlers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1417.5"
---

# §1417.5. Eligible producers and handlers.

- (a) **To be eligible for OCCSP, a producer or handler must—**
  - (1) **Possess a valid USDA organic certification—**
    - (i) For the 2025 program year, at any time during the program year; or
    - (ii) For 2026 and subsequent program years, at the time of application;
  - (2) Have paid allowable expenses, as specified in [§ 1417.7](/cfr/7/1417.7.md), for initial organic certification or renewal of organic certification from a certifying agent during the applicable fiscal year; and
  - (3) Be located in the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- (b) Producers and handlers with suspended, revoked, or withdrawn certifications at the time of application are ineligible for OCCSP.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1524; 7 U.S.C. 6523; and 15 U.S.C 714, et seq.

### Source

Source: 91 FR 40863, July 6, 2026, unless otherwise noted.