April 2024
- Discussion Document: Residue Testing for a Global Supply Chain (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Climate Induced Farming Risk and Crop Insurance (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Organic Food System Capacity and Constraints (pdf)
- Proposal: Opportunities in Organic - Improving Support for Organic Transition (pdf)
October 2023
- Proposal: Oversight improvements to deter fraud: Consistent Location Identification (pdf)
- Discussion document: Organic and Climate-Smart Agriculture - Climate Induced Farming Risk and Crop Insurance (pdf)
- Discussion document: Oversight improvements to deter fraud: Residue Testing for a Global Supply Chain (pdf)
- Discussion document: Opportunities in Organic - Improving Support for Organic Transition (pdf)
April 2023
- Proposal: Organic and Climate-Smart Agriculture - Organic IS climate smart (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Organic and Climate-Smart Agriculture - Climate Induced Farming Risk and Crop Insurance (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Oversight improvements to deter fraud: Consistent Location Identification (pdf)
October 2022
- Proposal: NOP Risk Mitigation Table review (pdf)
- Proposal: Human Capital Management: NOSB technical support (pdf)
- Proposal: Oversight improvements to deter fraud: Acreage Reporting (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Oversight improvements to deter fraud: Minimum Reporting Requirements (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Organic and climate-smart agriculture (pdf)
April 2022
- Proposal: NOP risk mitigation table review (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Human capital management: Supporting the work of the NOSB (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Oversight improvements to deter fraud: Modernization of organic traceability (pdf)
October 2021
- Proposal: Letter to Secretary re: Climate Change initiatives (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Oversight improvements to deter fraud: Modernization of organic traceability Infrastructure (pdf)
April 2021
- Proposal: Human Capital Management: Strategy for Recruitment and Talent Management Organic Inspectors and Reviewers (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Human Capital Management: Supporting the Work of the NOSB (pdf)
October 2020
April 2019
October 2018
- Proposal: Developing Criteria for Risk-based Accreditation Oversight (pdf)
- Proposal: Training and Oversight of Inspectors and Certification Reviewer Personnel (pdf)
April 2018
- Discussion document: Import oversight (pdf)
- Proposal: Inspector qualifications (pdf)
- Proposal: Eliminating the Incentive to Convert Native Ecosystems into Organic Crop Production proposal (pdf)
October 2017
- Proposal: Excluded operations in the supply chain (uncertified handlers) (pdf)
- Proposal: Eliminating the incentive to convert native ecosystems to organic production (pdf)
April 2017
- Proposal: Personnel performance evaluations of inspectors (NOP 2027) (pdf)
- Discussion document: Eliminating the incentive to convert native ecosystems to organic production (pdf)
November 2016
April 2015
October 2014
April 2014
- Proposal: Guidance on Retail Certification (pdf)
- Proposal: Clarifying Accredited Certifying Agents’ Application of §205.206(e) (pdf)
October 2013
- Discussion Document: Guidance on Retail Certification (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Clarifying how certifiers apply 205.206(e) (pdf)
- Discussion Document: Sound and Sensible (pdf)
April 2013
October 2012
- Discussion document: Calculating Percentage of Organic ingredients (pdf)
- Discussion document: Biodiversity update (pdf)
May 2012
- Discussion Document on Sanitizers and 100% Organic products (pdf)
- Proposal on Material Review Organizations (pdf)
November 2011
- Proposed Evaluation of Materials Review Organizations (pdf)
- Proposed Inspector Qualifications (pdf)
- Proposed Unannounced Inspections (pdf)
April 2011
October 2010