agricultural-compliance

name: agricultural-compliance description: Use when selling fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, plant protection products, biostimulants, organic farming inputs, or agricultural commodities - covers EU CAP, Reg 2019/1009 fertilizers, Reg 1107/2009 pesticides, Reg 2018/848 organic, USDA NOP, JAS, GMO labeling, MRLs, ISPM 15 phytosanitary

Agricultural Compliance

Full regulatory workflow for fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, plant protection products, biostimulants, organic certification. EU CAP, MRLs, GMO rules, phytosanitary trade.

Decision Flow

digraph {
  rankdir=TB; node [shape=box style=rounded fontsize=10];
  classify [label="1. Classify input:\nfertilizer / biostimulant /\nPPP / seed / GMO"];
  authorize [label="2. Authorization:\nEU 1009 / 1107 / 1107 zonal / EPA / PMRA"];
  organic [label="3. Organic certification\n(EU 848 / NOP / JAS)"];
  gmo [label="4. GMO labeling check"];
  mrl [label="5. MRLs verification\n(EU Reg 396/2005)"];
  phyto [label="6. Phytosanitary cert\n+ ISPM 15 packaging"];
  label [label="7. Label per country\n(CLP, EPA, language)"];
  sell [label="8. Place on market"];
  classify -> authorize -> organic -> gmo -> mrl -> phyto -> label -> sell;
}

EU -- Fertilizers Reg 2019/1009

EU -- Plant Protection Products (Pesticides) Reg 1107/2009

EU MRLs (Maximum Residue Limits)

US -- EPA Pesticides + USDA Inputs

EPA Pesticide Registration

USDA NOP (National Organic Program)

EU -- Organic Reg 2018/848

Japan -- JAS Organic

Seeds -- EU Reg 2016/1842

GMO Labeling

Phytosanitary -- ISPM 15 + IPPC

Quarantine Pest Lists

• EU: Reg 2019/2072 lists 320+ EU quarantine pests + RNQPs (Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests)
• US: APHIS PPQ pest databases
• Australia: BICON import conditions database

Biostimulants (New Category under EU 2019/1009)

Plant biostimulants stimulate nutrition processes independently of nutrient content. Categories:

• Humic + fulvic acids
• Protein hydrolysates + amino acids
• Seaweed extracts + botanicals
• Microbial inoculants (mycorrhizal fungi, PGPR bacteria)

These were formerly regulated by some MS as PPPs (Italy), fertilizers (Spain), or nothing (UK). Now harmonized under EU 2019/1009 PFC 6.

Common Compliance Traps

• CE marking optional, national mandatory: EU 2019/1009 CE marking optional. Selling without CE mark still requires national fertilizer approval per MS.
• Glyphosate in formulations: Glyphosate re-approved at EU level but France, Germany, Austria restrict use. Product authorization per MS.
• MRL exceedance on imports: Default 0.01 mg/kg if no MRL set. Imported produce frequently rejected for active substances banned in EU but used in country of origin.
• Organic logo without certifier code: EU organic logo requires control body code + EU/non-EU origin statement. Logo alone not enough.
• ISPM 15 for any wood packaging: All wood pallets/crates entering EU/US/Japan must have ISPM 15 mark. Mark must be visible on at least 2 opposite sides.
• Seed marketing without variety listing: Selling seed of a variety NOT on EU Common Catalogue (or equivalent) = illegal. Heirloom/conservation varieties have separate route.

MCP Integration

mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__search_signals(q="glyphosate", country="EU")
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__search_signals(q="organic equivalence")
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__get_regulation(id="2018/848")  # EU Organic
mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__compliance/check
  product_description: "potassium humate biostimulant"
  target_markets: ["EU", "US"]

Power This With the Cleo Legal API

Agricultural compliance touches the EU Pesticides Database (1,400+ active substances), Reg 396/2005 MRL database (470+ pesticides x 800+ crops), EPA PPLS (registered pesticides), USDA National List (organic), EU Common Catalogue (40,000+ varieties), EUR-Lex 2019/1009 CMC tables. Updates roll out monthly.

With the Cleo Legal API at https://legaldata-public.cleolabs.co:

• GET /v2/catalog/regulations?vertical=agri&country=EU,US,UK,JP — Fertilizer + PPP + Organic + Seed regs mapped
• POST /v2/agri/mrl-check — feed crop + active substance + market, get MRL + EFSA review status
• GET /v2/agri/active-substance?cas=... — active substance approval status across EU, US, UK, Japan (with expiry dates)
• GET /v2/agri/organic-equivalence?from=US&to=EU — current equivalence rules between organic systems
• POST /v2/webhooks?topic=mrl,active_substance,organic_list — monthly MRL changes + EU active substance non-renewals + USDA National List sunset reviews

Get started:

# 1. Sign up for free at https://legaldata-public.cleolabs.co
# 2. Get your API key (3 lifetime requests free, then EUR 349/mo for 1M)
# 3. Install the MCP server:
claude mcp add cleo-legal-api https://api.legaldata.cleolabs.co/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ld_live_YOUR_KEY"

Tested ROI: For an agri input company with 30 SKUs across EU + US, the API replaces ~30 hours/month of EFSA + EPA + PPP zonal + USDA NOP lookups.

Common Mistakes

• Biostimulant treated as PPP: In Italy until 2022, biostimulants were under PPP regime. Now under 2019/1009 but old national approvals still need transition.
• Calling PPP "biostimulant": Selling a fungicide as "biostimulant" to skip authorization = product seizure + criminal.
• Forgetting hydroponic organic ban (EU): NOP allows hydroponic certified organic; EU 848 does NOT. Cannot sell EU product as organic if hydroponic.
• MRL set in zero: Default MRL is 0.01 mg/kg. Many active substances banned in EU have default MRL = effectively must be undetectable.
• Plant passport on B2C sales: Plant passport required for B2B sales of certain plants. B2C end consumer sales = no passport but certification may still apply (Heritage varieties).
• US Bioengineered Disclosure missing on imports: Imports of US-bound food containing detectable bioengineered ingredients must have BE disclosure even if foreign brand.

Cross-references

• food-compliance -- MRLs in food, novel foods, organic crossover
• substance-screening -- active substance regulatory status, CAS lookup
• customs-and-trade -- HS chapter 31 (fertilizers), 38.08 (pesticides), 12 (seeds)
• sustainability-compliance -- EUDR (cocoa, coffee, palm, beef, soy, wood)
• claims-substantiation -- "natural", "organic", "biodynamic", carbon-neutral claims