OTA's Final Fall 2015 NOSB Report is now available to download.
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting was held October 26-29 in Stowe, Vermont, at the Stoweflake Conference Center. The Meeting Agenda is available along with the Meeting Materials (All Proposals and Discussion Documents). The primary purpose of NOSB meetings is to provide an opportunity for organic stakeholders to give input on proposed NOSB recommendations and discussion items. The meetings also allow NOSB to receive updates from USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) on issues pertaining to organic agriculture. The meeting is open to the public. In addition to providing oral comment during the scheduled webinars (see below) and at the October meeting, OTA has submitted written comments to NOSB.
OTA Final Comments
Crops Subcommittee
- OTA’s Petition for Lignin Sulfonate
- Micronutrients Annotation Change Proposal
- EPA List 4 – Inerts of Minimal Concern (Sunset Review & Annotation Change)
- 2017 Sunset Inputs (includes comments on ethylene and humid acid)
Handling Subcommittee
- Reclassification of Alginic Acid and Carnauba Wax
- OTA’s Petitions for Natural Flavors
- Ancillary Substances Allowed in Pectin, Yeast and Microorganisms
- Petition to add Sodium and Patassium Lactate
- 2017 Sunset Inputs (205.605 -nonagricultural)
- 2017 Sunset Inputs (205.606 - agricultural)
Livestock Subcommittee
- EPA List 4 – Inerts of Minimal Concern
- Parasiticides (Ivermectin, Moxidectin, Fenbendazole)
- 2017 Sunset Inputs (includes comments on parisiticides, mineral oil, procaine and lidocaine)
Materials Subcommittee
Learn more:
National Organic Standards Board National List Sunset Review Process OTA's Feedback Surveys for Materials under Sunset Review