Why Our Products Don’t Carry the USDA Organic Seal

At Glimmer Goddess®, transparency and ingredient integrity are core to everything we do. Many of our radiant community members ask:

“If your products use organic ingredients, why don’t they have the USDA certified organic logo on the packaging?”

The answer lies in how organic regulations work in the United States and what the USDA organic seal can and cannot be used for.

🌿 What “USDA Organic” Actually Means

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulates the term “organic” under the National Organic Program (NOP), a federal regulatory framework for organic agricultural products. If a product containing agricultural ingredients meets USDA/NOP organic production, handling, processing, and labeling standards, it may be eligible for USDA organic certification. However, to use the green USDA organic seal on the finished product, every step of the process — including farms, handlers, processors, and the final manufacturing facility — must be certified by a USDA-accredited organic certifying agent.

📦 Why Glimmer Goddess Products Don’t Have the USDA Seal

While many Glimmer Goddess formulas contain certified organic agricultural ingredients, our production facility itself is not USDA certified. Because USDA organic certification applies to the entire product and production process, and not just individual ingredients, we cannot legally display the USDA organic seal on our final packaged products unless every stage meets the NOP certification requirements.

🧴 What This Means for You

• ✨ Our products include high-quality certified organic botanical and agricultural ingredients whenever possible.
• ✨ We choose every ingredient based on documented reputation and documented sourcing.
• 🚫 We aren’t allowed to use the USDA organic seal on the final product unless the entire production chain is certified under NOP standards.

🔍 Organic Claims in the Personal Care Space

Unlike food products, there is no universal, federally mandated organic certification system specifically for personal care and cosmetics in the U.S. outside of USDA NOP food regulations. This means that even though a product may contain organic ingredients, it typically cannot carry a USDA organic label unless the entire product meets the food-oriented USDA NOP certification criteria.

🌱 NSF/ANSI 305 — Organic Personal Care Standard

To address this gap in personal care labeling, a separate standard exists: NSF/ANSI 305: Personal Care Products Containing Organic Ingredients. This is the only American National Standard that defines labeling and marketing requirements for organic personal care products. Certified products under this standard can make a “contains organic ingredients” claim and display the NSF/ANSI 305 mark when they meet the standard’s criteria — including a minimum organic content threshold and third-party verification.

While Glimmer Goddess is always evaluating certification opportunities that reinforce consumer trust, we currently do not hold NSF/ANSI 305 certification across our entire line — and therefore we do not use that certification mark on packaging either.

📊 Organic Labeling Summary

📍 Final Thoughts

At Glimmer Goddess®, we build each product with intention, care, and integrity — choosing the best certified organic ingredients we can source while staying true to honest labeling and regulatory compliance. We believe that authenticity and transparency build trust, and we will never use a certification or logo we are not qualified to display.

Have questions about how we source our ingredients or what specific certifications mean? Contact us — we’re always happy to share more with you.