In the December 14, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service ("AMS") issued a final rule addressing recommendations submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture by the National Organic Standards Board ("NOSB") following their October 2014 meeting. These recommendations pertain to the 2015 Sunset Review of substances on USDA's National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances ("National List"). Consistent with the recommendations from the NOSB, the final rule removes two nonorganic agricultural substances from the National List for use in organic handling, fortified Marsala and Sherry cooking wines. The final rule also removes two listings for synthetic substances allowed for use in organic crop production on the National List, streptomycin and tetracycline; the use exemptions for these synthetic substances expired on October 21, 2014. Rule is effective December 14, 2015.
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