In the July 30, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's AMS issued a proposed rule addressing recommendations by the National Organic Standards Board ("NOSB") to the Secretary of Agriculture pertaining 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, this proposed rule would remove: (i) two nonorganic agricultural substances from the National List for use in organic handling—marsala and sherry fortified cooking wines, and (ii) two listings for synthetic substances allowed for use in organic crop production on the National List—streptomycin and tetracycline, as their use exemptions expired on October 21, 2014. Comments are due August 31, 2015.
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