SEEDS AND PLANTING MATERIAL

• Use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and products there is prohibited.
• Use of conventional seed and planting material is only allowed where there is no organic seed or propagation material of the appropriate sort available.
• Seeds and propagation material shall not be treated with prohibited substances. Exceptions should be allowed where there is no untreated seed or propagation material of the appropriate sort available where varieties protected under the Plant Variety Protection Act.

PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL 

• Pest, diseases and weeds shall be controlled by cultural, mechanical, physical and biological methods
• Use of inputs for pest, disease, weed control and plastic mulch material shall be allowed only where cultural, biological and mechanical measures are ineffective under the production condition in question. Spent plastic
• mulch material shall be disposed or properly and not ploughed back into the soil
• Use of plant waste material from conventional systems shall be allowed for mulching where there is no plant material from organic systems of the appropriate sort available. e.g : paddy straw, grasses, oil palm leaves etc
• If mechanical/physical and biological methods are inadequate for pest control, farms shall only used permitted substances
• Where the substances are restricted, the conditions of use as set by the certification body shall be strictly adhered by the farm

Preparations on basis of pyrethrins extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, containing possibly a synergist
Allowed.

Preparations of Rotenone from Derris elliptica, Lonchocarpus, Thephrosia spp.
Allowed.

Preparations from Quassia amara
Allowed.

Preparations from Ryania speciosa
Allowed.

Preparation of Neem (Azadirachtin) from Azadirachta indica
Allowed.

Propolis
Allowed.

Plant oils
Allowed.

Seaweed, seaweed meal, seaweed extracts, sea salt and salty water
Allowed if not fortified with synthetic additives.

Gelatine
Allowed if not from animal origin.

Lecithin
Allowed if not from animal origin.

Casein
Allowed if not from animal origin.

Natural acids (e.g. vinegar)
Allowed.

Fermented product from Aspergillus
Allowed.

Extract from mushroom (Shiitake fungus)
Allowed.

Extract from Chlorella
Allowed.

Natural plant preparations, excluding tobacco
Allowed.

Tobacco tea (except pure nicotine)
Restricted.

Inorganic compounds (Bordeaux mixture, copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride)
Allowed.

Burgundy mixture
Allowed.

Copper salts
Allowed in natural form.

Sulphur
Allowed in natural form.

Mineral powders (stone meal, silicates)
Allowed.

Diactomaceous earth
Allowed.

Silicates, clay (Bentonite)
Allowed.

Sodium silicate
Allowed.

Sodium bicarbonate
Allowed.

Potassium permanganate
Allowed.

Paraffin oil
Allowed.

Micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi) e.g. Bacillus thuringiensis, Granulosis virus, etc)
Only approved micro-organisms are allowed.  Imported micro-organisms must be approved by authority.

Carbon dioxide and nitrogen gas
Allowed.

Potassium soap (soft soap)
Allowed.

Ethyl alcohol
Allowed.

Hemeophatic and Ayurvedic Preparations
Allowed.

Herbal and biodynamic preparations
Allowed.

Sterilised insect males
Allowed.

Pheromone preparations
Allowed.

Preparations on the basis of metaldehyde containing a repellent to higher animal species and as far as applied in traps
Allowed.

FERTILIZERS AND SOIL CONDITIONERS

• Organic materials and mineral fertilizers shall not be used.
• Where applicable in annual crop production, an appropriate green manure crop shall be included in the crop rotation plan to maintain organic matter content and soil fertility.
• Imported microbial innoculum used for enhancing soil fertility shall undergo quarantine procedures before used.
• Crop and vegetable residues must be fully composted.
• Mulch material must be dried before use.
• Green manure and straw can be incorporated directly into the soil.
• Spent mushroom waste must be composted.

Permitted fertilizers & soil conditioners:

• Only composted/processed farmyard manure
• Fully fermented slurry as supplements
• Humus from worm (vermicompost) and insects
• Commercial/urban compost if not fortified with synthetic additives or GMOs and amount use is within acceptable heavy metal content limits.
• Biodegradable processing by-products of microbial, plant or animal origin, e.g. by product of food, oil palm, coconut and cocoa (including empty fruit bunch, palm oil mill effluent (pome), coco peat and empty cocoa pods), feed, oilseed, brewery, distillery or textile processing.
• Seaweed and seaweed products
• Wood, bark, sawdust, wood shavings, wood ash, wood charcoal from untreated wood
• Only mined natural phosphates e.g. CIRP, Jordan Rock Phosphate.
• Basic slag
• Mineral potassium (e.g. sulphate of potash, kainit, sylvanite, patentkali)
• Calcareous and magnesium amendments
• Magnesium rock, kieserite and epsom salt (Magnesium sulphate)
• Gypsum of natural origin (calcium sulphate)
• Sodium chloride
• Trace elements (e.g. boron, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, zinc)
• Sulphur
• Pulverised rock, stone, meal
• Clay (e.g. bentonite, perlite, zeolite)
• Vermiculite
• Peat
• Chloride of limestone

Prohibited fertilizers & soil conditioners:

• Human waste and pig waste
• Fresh slurry or urine
• Fresh guano
• Synthetic growth hormones and similar substances

EQUIPMENT

• Farm equipment shall be cleaned before use on organic fields if they are used for conventional production.
• Where appropriate, operators are required to record the use of such equipment and their cleaning routine
• Spraying equipment used for prohibited materials shall not be allowed, provided it is properly cleaned