NOSB Recommendations: Fall 2022

Summary Information

• Meeting details, presentations, and voting summary

NOSB

• Resolution on Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) (pdf)

Certification, Accreditation, and Compliance (CACS)

• NOP Risk Mitigation Table (pdf)
• Human Capital Management: NOSB Technical Support (pdf)
• Oversights to Deter Fraud: Modernization of Organic Supply Chain - Acreage Reporting (pdf)

Crops (CS)

• Carbon Dioxide - petitioned (pdf): Recommended for addition to §205.601(a)
• Potassium Hydroxide - petitioned (pdf): Not recommended for addition to §205.601
• 2024 Crops Sunset Reviews: §205.601 & §205.602 (pdf)

Handling (HS)

• Peroxylactic Acid (PoLA) - petitioned (pdf): Classified as nonagricultural, synthetic. Not recommended for addition to §205.605
• Phosphoric Acid - petitioned (pdf): Section 205.605(b) annotation change not recommended
• Ion Exchange Filtration: Recharge Materials (pdf): Recommended that recharge materials must be listed on the National List
• 2024 Handling Sunset Reviews: §205.605 & §205.606 (pdf)

Livestock (LS)

• 2024 Livestock Sunset Reviews: §205.603 & §205.604 (pdf)

Materials (MS)

• 2022 Research Priorities (pdf)