United States: AMS Amends National List Under The National Organic Program

In the August 3, 2016, Federal Register, USDA's AMS announced a final rule that addresses recommendations submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture by the National Organic Standards Board ("NOSB") following their April 2015 meeting. These recommendations pertain to the 2016 sunset review of substances on the USDA National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances ("National List"). Consistent with the recommendations from the NOSB, this final rule removes five nonorganic nonagricultural substances from the National List for use in organic handling: egg white lysozyme, cyclohexylamine, diethylaminoethanol, octadecylamine, and tetrasodium pyrophosphate. The rule is effective September 12, 2016.

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