USA proposed amendments to the national list of allowed and prohibited substances

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed rule would amend the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) section of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) organic regulations to implement recommendations submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). This rule proposes to add blood meal, made with sodium citrate, to the National List as a soil fertilizer in organic crop production; add natamycin to the National List to prohibit its use in organic crop production; and add tamarind seed gum as a non-organic agricultural substance for use in organic handling when organic forms of tamarind seed gum are not commercially available.

Products covered : Organics; Farming and forestry (ICS 65.020), Fertilizers (ICS 65.080), Processes in the food industry (ICS 67.020), Food products in general (ICS 67.040), Organic chemicals (ICS 71.080)

HS code: 02, 03, 04, 0504, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 31

Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

Final date for comments: 17 December 2019

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