The Organic Trade Association submitted its final comments shaped by feedback from its members on multiple important National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) topics in time to meet the March 30 comment deadline. In addition to commenting at the NOSB webinar next week, OTA will be onsite at the Denver spring meeting (April 19-21) to deliver public comments and […]
The spring 2017 oral comment period will begin next week during an NOSB webinar scheduled for Thursday, April 13, from 1 to 4 p.m. ET. During the webinar, the Organic Trade Association will comment on the results of its 2019 Sunset Surveys. OTA staff will also be providing oral comments at the in-person meeting April 19-21. If you would like […]
Member feedback on OTA’s draft comments are requested! The deadline for submitting comments to the National Organic Program (NOP) on its draft guidance on Calculating the Percentage of Organic Ingredients in Multi-Ingredient Products is EOD this Friday, April 7. In response to NOP’s request for comments, OTA convened a task force to review NOP’s draft guidance. The task force 1) analyzed whether the guidance […]
The deadline to comment on the National Organic Program’s (NOP) proposal to remove several allowed non-organic inputs from the National List is Wednesday, April 19. Consistent with the NOSB recommendations made to NOP in 2015, the proposed Sunset rule would remove lignin sulfonate (floating agent in post-harvest handling), furosemide (livestock medical treatment), magnesium carbonate (allowed only in “made with” processed products) and […]
Come participate in a groundbreaking summit exploring ways to advance the organic sector by ensuring that research on organic is effectively communicated. The Organic Center is holding its second annual Organic Confluences Summit May 22-23 in D.C., featuring researcher, government, farmer, industry, and non-profit speakers. Keynote speaker Congresswoman Chellie Pingree of Maine will discuss the […]
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