---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 205.311"
title: "7"
number: "205.311"
heading: "USDA Seal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/205.311"
---

# §205.311. USDA Seal.

- (a) The USDA seal described in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and (c) of this section may be used only for raw or processed agricultural products described in paragraphs [(a)](/cfr/7/205.301.md?p=a), [(b)](/cfr/7/205.301.md?p=b), [(e)(1)](/cfr/7/205.301.md?p=e-1), and [(e)(2)](/cfr/7/205.301.md?p=e-2) of § 205.301.
- (b) The USDA seal must replicate the form and design of the example in figure 1 and must be printed legibly and conspicuously:
  - (1) On a white background with a brown outer circle and with the term, “USDA,” in green overlaying a white upper semicircle and with the term, “organic,” in white overlaying the green lower half circle; or
  - (2) On a white or transparent background with black outer circle and black “USDA” on a white or transparent upper half of the circle with a contrasting white or transparent “organic” on the black lower half circle.
  - (3) The green or black lower half circle may have four light lines running from left to right and disappearing at the point on the right horizon to resemble a cultivated field.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501-6524.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 80637, Dec. 21, 2000, unless otherwise noted.