Note: Glossary items marked NOP definition are quoted from the National Organic Program Standards §205.2 ("Terms defined").


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Detectable residue.
The amount or presence of chemical residue or sample component that can be reliably observed or found in the sample matrix by current approved analytical methodology.
(NOP definition)
 

Disease vectors.
Plants or animals that harbor or transmit disease organisms or pathogens which may attack crops or livestock.
(NOP definition)

 

Dolomitic.
Containing dolomite, a mineral and a sedimentary carbonate rock, both composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO3)2.

 

Drift.

The physical movement of prohibited substances from the intended target site onto an organic operation or portion thereof. (NOP definition)