The National Organic Program (NOP) develops, implements, and administers national production, handling, and labeling standards for organic agricultural products. The NOP also accredits the certifying agents (foreign and domestic) who inspect organic production and handling operations to certify that they meet USDA standards.

NOSB Site Update: Final NOSB Recommendations for Cheesewax (PDF) and Farmed Aquatic Plants (PDF) have been posted to the NOSB Final Recommendations page and the NOP Petitioned Substances Database (Cheesewax).

NOSB Site Update: Final NOSB Recommendations for Methionine (PDF) and Fenbendazole (PDF) have been posted to the NOSB Final Recommendations page and the NOP Petitioned Substances Database.

The NOP-AQSS site has been reformatted and new questions have been added to the following topics:

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