Submitted by Peter Nell on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 11:16
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) released their
meeting materials ahead of their upcoming meeting on October 23-25, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via
Regulations.gov using docket number
AMS-NOP-19-0038 until
October 3, 2019. Additionally, oral comments will be accepted
in-person and through
pre-meeting webinars.
NOSB reviews all substances on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) every five years to determine their status in organic production. NOSB discussed the substances at their spring 2019 meeting in Seattle, Washington, and completed preliminary reviews for each. Members of the board will use that information and comments provided by the organic community to vote on relisting the materials or removing them from the National List.
Get more information on the process.
NOSB will vote on the following substances:
Crop scope substances:
- Ash from manure burning
- Ferric phosphate
- Hydrogen chloride
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Magnesium sulfate
- Oils, horticultural (Narrow range oils)
- Pheromones
- Potassium bicarbonate
- Soaps, ammonium
- Sodium floaluminate
Handling scope substances:
- Activated charcoal
- Alginic acid
- Ascorbic acid
- Calcium chloride
- Calcium citrate
- Celery powder
- Citric acid
- Dairy cultures
- Enzymes
- Ferrous sulfate
- Fish oil
- Gelatin
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Lactic acid
- L-Malic acid
- Magnesium sulfate
- Microorganisms
- Nutrient vitamins and minerals
- Orange pulp, dried
- Peracetic acid
- Perlite
- Potassium citrate
- Potassium iodide
- Potassium phosphate
- Seaweed, Pacific kombu
- Seaweed, Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida)
- Sodium acid pyrophosphate
- Sodium citrate
- Tocopherols
- Yeast
Livestock scope substances:
- Fenbendazole
- Moxidectin
- Atropine
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Iodine
- Magnesium sulfate
- Methionine
- Peracetic acid
- Trace minerals
- Vitamins
- Xylazine
CCOF highly encourages all to submit written or oral comments to NOSB. CCOF will submit written and oral comments and will attend the meeting in Pittsburgh. Please contact me at
pnell@ccof.org with questions or for more information.