I'm assuming that the following is the result of lobbying from the chemical companies to try and obstruct the organic/BD advantage of not having to wait between application of various treatments and making produce available for sale:-
NZ organic registration ( BioGro) recently said that" BD preps made from raw manure not composted to the NOP requirements, must comply with the USDA NOP restriction which prohibits the application of raw manure to land within 120 days prior to harvest for crops for human consumption in contact with the soil, and within 90 days prior to harvest for crops for human consumption not in contact with the soil.
However, if the producer can show the preparation does not contain 1000 MPN faecal coliforms per gram or more than 3 MPN Salmonella per 4 gram of sample then this does not apply."
Do we have figures for 500 and or CPP? I would assume that this is not a real issue.
