Organic Sunset Process

Organic Sunset Process
National Organic Program—Sunset Process 
 
Docket Number: AMS-NOP-13-0057
Effective: September 17, 2013
 
Summary
This document describes the sunset review and renewal process for substances on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List), a subpart of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic regulations. The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA) requires that the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), a 15-member federal advisory committee, review all substances and that the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) renew these substances, within 5 years of their addition to or renewal on the National List. This action of NOSB review and USDA renewal is commonly referred to as the “Sunset Process.” This document informs stakeholders about the process that the NOSB will use to complete their responsibility to review substances under OFPA's sunset provision. This document also informs stakeholders about the process that the Secretary and the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP) will use to complete the USDA's responsibilities under OFPA's sunset provision. 
 
Contact
Melissa Bailey, PhD, Director, Standards Division, National Organic Program
USDA–AMS–NOP
1400 Independence Ave., SW., Room 2646–So., Ag Stop 0268
Washington, DC 20250–0268;
Telephone: (202) 720–3252
Fax: (202) 205-7808
 
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