United States of America | National Organic Program; Proposed Amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances per October 2020 and April 2021 NOSB Recommendations (Handling, Crop) (5 page(s), in English)

Title of document
National Organic Program; Proposed Amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances per October 2020 and April 2021 NOSB Recommendations (Handling, Crop) (5 page(s), in English)

Description
Proposed rule - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposes amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) section of the USDA's organic regulations to implement recommendations submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). This rule proposes to add low-acyl gellan gum, a food additive used as a thickener, gelling agent, and stabilizer; and paper-based crop planting aids to the National List, along with a definition of paper-based crop planting aids. If finalized, low-acyl gellan gum would be allowed as an ingredient in processed organic products, and paper-based crop planting aids would be allowed in organic crop production. The rule also proposes the correction of a spelling error on the National List to change "wood resin" to "wood rosin".

Notifying member: United States of America

Notification: G/TBT/N/USA/1829

Objective tag
Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety

Documents

• 22_1297_00_e.pdf
• 2022-01915.pdf

Agency responsible
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Department of Agriculture (USDA) [1858]

Timing:

• Submission: 01/02/2022
• Reception: 02/02/2022
• Distribution: 02/02/2022
• Final date for comments: 04/04/2022
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A