### Question
How does ORGANIC CERTIFICATION define processing?


### Answer
Under *7 U.S.C. § 6502*, **processing** is defined as:

> cooking, baking, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, extracting, cutting, fermenting, eviscerating, preserving, dehydrating, freezing, or otherwise manufacturing, and includes the packaging, canning, jarring, or otherwise enclosing food in a container

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 6502*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 94-ORGANIC CERTIFICATION**

