NOSB Recommendations: Fall 2014

Summary Information

• Meeting recommendations Summary (PDF)

Compliance, Accreditation & Certification Subcommittee

• Assessment of Soil Conservation Practices (Discussion Doc - No Fall 2014 Recommendation)

Crops Subcommittee

• Contamination Issues in Farm Inputs Literature Review (Discussion Doc - No Fall 2014 Recommendation)

• Inerts (Verbal Update - No Document)

• 2015 Crops Sunset Reviews:

• Sulfurous acid (PDF) (Motion to remove failed)

• Sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate (PDF) (Motion to remove failed)

• Aqueous potassium silicate (PDF) (Motion to remove failed)

• Ferric phosphate

• Hydrogen chloride

Handling Subcommittee

• Glycerin - petitioned for removal (Referred back to Subcommittee)

• Whole Algal Flour - petitioned (Referred back to Subcommittee)

• 2015 Handling Sunset Reviews:

• Gellan gum (PDF) (Motion to remove failed)

• Tragacanth gum (PDF) (Motion to remove failed)

• Marsala (PDF) (Motion to remove passed

• Sherry (PDF) (Motion to remove passed)

• 2016 Sunset Summaries (Summaries only, not final review)

• Egg white lysozyme

• Microorganisms

• Activated charcoal

• Peracetic acid

• Cyclohexylamine

• Diethylaminoethanol

• Octadecylamine

• L-Malic acid

• Sodium acid pyrophosphate

• Tetrasodium pyrophosphate (TSPP)

Livestock Subcommittee

• Vaccines from Excluded Methods (GMO Vaccines) (PDF) (Passed)
• Aquaculture review history (Verbal Report - No Document)

Materials/GMO ad hoc Subcommittees

• Fall 2014 Research Priorities (PDF) (Passed)

• Terminology for Excluded Methods (PDF) (Discussion Doc - No Fall 2014 Recommendation)