NOSB Releases Meeting Materials Ahead of Seattle Meeting

The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) released their meeting materials ahead of their upcoming meeting on April 24-26, 2019, in Seattle, Washington. 

 

Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via Regulations.gov using docket number AMS-NOP-18-0071-0001 until April 4, 2019. Additionally, oral comments will be accepted in person and through pre-meeting webinars.

 

NOSB reviews all substances on the National List every five years to determine their status in organic production. NOSB will discuss and complete preliminary reviews for each substance in Seattle before voting on the substances at the fall 2019 meeting. 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. More information on the process can be found in NOSB’s Q&A document.

 

NOSB will vote on the following substances:

 

 

 

 

In addition, NOSB will consider the discussion documents, proposals, and material petitions, including sanitizers and cleaners used in organic production, use of marine materials in crop production, excluded methods, oversight improvements, and more.

 

CCOF highly encourages all to submit written or oral comments to NOSB. CCOF will submit various written and oral comments and will attend the meeting in Seattle. Please contact  pnell@ccof.org for questions or for more information.