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Lactic Acid
- Petition Area and Use: Add to 205.605
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: April-95
- Status: Added to the National List, section 205.605(a)
Laminarin (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 5/30/13
- Petition Area and Use: Crops: Add to 205.601
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: Apr-14; Oct-15
- Status: NOSB classified as a nonsynthetic substance (October 2015)
Lanolin
- Petition Area and Use: Livestock: Add to 205.603
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: October 1999
- Status: Nonsynthetic
Lead Salts
- Petition Area and Use: Crops: Add to 205.602
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: April-95
- Status: Added to the National List, 205.602
Leather Meal
- Date Petition Received: 10/03/00
- Petition Area and Use: Crop: Add to 205.601 as a plant or soil amendment
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: November-00
- Status of NOP Activity on NOSB Recommendation, FR Notice, Sunset: Prohibited substance for organic production and handling
Lecithin, bleached
- Petition Area and Use: Handling: Add to 205.605
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: April-95
- Status: Lecithin-de-oiled included on National List, 205.606 [77 FR 8089; effective March 15, 2012]
Lecithin, bleached (remove) (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 06/27/08
- Petition Area and Use: Handling: Section 205.605, ingredient
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: May-09
- Status: Lecithin—de-oiled included on National List, 205.606 [77 FR 8089; effective March 15, 2012]
Lecithin, unbleached (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 12/10/04
- Petition Area and Use: Handling: Remove from 205.606 as a non-organic agricultural ingredient
- Status of NOP Activity on NOSB Recommendation, FR Notice, Sunset: Petition on hold, reviewed at April 2006 NOSB meeting
- Status: Lecithin—de-oiled included on National List, 205.606 [77 FR 8089; effective March 15, 2012]
Lecithin, unbleached -- fluid (remove) (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 08/20/08
- Petition Area and Use: Section 205.606, ingredient
- Technical Advisory Panel Report: Not requested
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: May-09
- Status: Lecithin—de-oiled included on National List, 205.606 [77 FR 8089; effective March 15, 2012]
Lemongrass (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 11/20/06
- Petition Area and Use: Handling: Add to 205.606, ingredient
- Technical Advisory Panel Report: No report requested
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: March-07
- Status of NOP Activity on NOSB Recommendation, FR Notice, Sunset: Interim Final Rule, 72 FR 35137
- Petition Supplemental Information: Docket #AMS-TM-07-0062
Levamisole
- Petition Area and Use: Livestock: Add to 205.603
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: October 1999
- Status: Synthetic, prohibited
Lidocaine
- Petition Area and Use: Livestock: Add to 205.603
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: November 1995; Apr-16
- NOSB Formal Recommendation (2016) (PDF)
- Status: Added to the National List, section 205.603(b)(3), with annotation; 2016 NOSB Recommendation under NOP Review
Lignin Sulfonate (Aquatic Plants) (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 06/27/12
- Petition Area and Use: Aquaculture: Add to National List as chelating agent
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: Apr-14
- NOSB Formal Recommendation: TBD
- Status: Postponed indefinitely, see Livestock Subcommittee “Aquaculture Materials Review Update Report” (February 2015) (PDF)
Lignin Sulfonate (Aquatic Animals) (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 06/13/12
- Petition Area and Use: Aquaculture: Add to National List as feed binder
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: N/A
- NOSB Formal Recommendation: N/A
- NOSB Subcommittee Proposal: N/A
- Status: Withdrawn by petitioner on 8/8/13
Lignin Sulfonate (To Remove) (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 11/6/14
- Petition Area and Use: Crops: Remove from 205.601(l)
- NOSB Meeting Review: Oct-15
- Status: Sunset 2017 recommendation under NOP review
Lignin Sulfonate
- Petition Area and Use: Crops: Add to 205.601, plant or soil amendment
- Technical Evaluation Report (2020) (PDF)
- NOSB Meeting Review: November-95, April-11
- Status: Added to the National List, and 205.601(l); removed from 205.601(l) as floating agent in 2017 (82 FR 31241)
- See also “Sodium Carbonate Lignin"
Ligusticum Root Extract (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 08/03/07
- Petition Area and Use: Handling: Add to 205.606, ingredient
- Status: Not Listed
Lime, Hydrated
- Petition Area and Use: Livestock: Add to 205.603
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: November 1995
- Status: Added to the National List, section 205.603(b)(4), with annotation
- For crop use, see “Hydrated Lime”
Lime Mud (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 03/02/04
- Petition Area and Use: Crop: Add to 205.601 as a plant or soil amendment; Micronutrient
- Status of NOP Activity on NOSB Recommendation, FR Notice, Sunset: Prohibited substance for organic production and handling
Lime Sulfur
- Petition Area and Use: Crops: Add to 205.601
- NOSB Meeting Review: Apr-95
- Status: Added to the National List, 205.601(e) and (i)
L-Malic Acid (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 11/01/02
- Petition Area and Use: Handling: Add to 205.605, ingredient
- Technical Evaluation Report (2019) (PDF)
- Status of NOP Activity on NOSB Recommendation, FR Notice, Sunset: Final Rule, 71 FR 532
- Petition Supplemental Information: Docket #TM-04-01FR
L-Methionine
- See “Methionine”
Lutein (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 11/14/11
- Petition Area and Use: Handling: Add to 205.606, ingredient
- NOSB Meeting Review: Oct-12
- Status: Not recommended for listing
Lycopene (PDF)
- Date Petition Received: 09/19/11
- Petition Area and Use: Handling: Add to 205.605, ingredient
- NOSB Meeting Petition Review: Oct-12
- Status: Not recommended for listing
- For petition as a color, see “Color: Lycopene Juice”