National Organic Standards Board issues recommendations on pesticides

摘要

The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), which provides policy advice to USDA, last week recommended a procedure for reviewing all EPA List 4 and 3 inerts used in organic-approved pesticide formulations, according to a meeting report issued Monday by USDA's National Organic Program (NOP). The procedure includes details on regulatory language changes for the listing of inerts on the National List of Approved and Prohibited Substances, how NOSB review will proceed by group, what proposed groups have been identified so far, how technical reviews will be commissioned, and the anticipated timeline for this project.