{"id":33552,"date":"2023-09-18T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=33552"},"modified":"2023-09-18T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:23:43","slug":"standards-now-open-to-public-comments-to-protect-the-integrity-of-the-usda-organic-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2023\/09\/standards-now-open-to-public-comments-to-protect-the-integrity-of-the-usda-organic-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Standards Now Open to Public Comments To Protect the Integrity of the USDA Organic Label\u2014Due by Sept 28!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, September 18, 2023) Advocates for organic have consistently maintained that public engagement with the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is critical to protecting the values and principles embedded in the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA). While the NOSB is a stakeholder board that reflects the sectors of the organic community\u2014from consumers, farmers, processors, certifiers, retailers, and scientists\u2014public interaction with the board offers critical input to the NOSB\u2019s decision-making process. Ultimately, Board authority over the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances and its advisor relationship to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture have a direct effect on the underlying decisions that determine the credibility of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic label that is now widely found on products in virtually all grocery stores. A major issue that continues to plague label integrity is the Board\u2019s review of so-called \u201cinert\u201d ingredients in materials allowed in organic. These are potentially toxic ingredients that should be reviewed by the Board, substances not disclosed on labels of products that may be used in organic production or processing. The NOSB has access to the complete list of \u201cinerts\u201d used in organic materials, and advocates are urging the Board to begin immediately its National List review process for them.<\/p>\r\n

The NOSB is now receiving written comments from the public that must be submitted by September 28, 2023. This precedes the upcoming public comment webinar on October 17 and 19 and the deliberative hearing October 24-26\u2014concerning how organic food is produced. Sign up<\/a> to speak at the webinar by September 29. Written comments must be submitted through Regulations.gov<\/a>. by 11:59 pm EDT, September 28. Links to the virtual comment webinars and the public meeting will be posted on this webpage<\/a> in early October.<\/p>\r\n

The NOSB is responsible for guiding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in its administration of OFPA, including the materials (substances) allowed to be used in organic production and handling. The role of the NOSB is especially important as we depend on organic production to protect our ecosystem, mitigate climate change, and enhance our health.<\/p>\r\n

The NOSB plays an important role in bringing the views of organic producers and consumers to bear on USDA, which is not always in sync with organic principles. There are many important issues on the NOSB agenda this Fall. We encourage you to use the Beyond Pesticides organic webpage and comment on as many issues as you can. For a complete discussion, see Keeping Organic Strong<\/a> and the Fall 2023 issues page<\/a>. USDA\u2019s National Organic Program (NOP) and the NOSB have relied on an allowable list of \u201cinert\u201d ingredients that is no longer maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA), Lists 4A and 4B<\/a>. While most of these materials are not of toxicological concern and are natural, many are synthetic and must undergo NOSB review under its responsibility to evaluate allowable synthetic substances on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances in OFPA. Beyond Pesticides has advocated that the NOSB break down the hundred or so \u201cinerts\u201d of potential concern into groups of chemical families and common toxicological mechanisms to conduct its review over several years. For example, the ethoxylated compounds could be evaluated together. In fact, they are not permitted in EPA\u2019s Safer Choice labeling program. (For a more in-depth discussion of the \u201cinerts\u201d in organics, please see \u201cInert\u201d Ingredients Used in Organic Production<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\r\n

This is not a new issue for the NOSB and NOP, but one that needs resolution now.<\/p>\r\n

Some crucial facts must be acknowledged by USDA:
\r\n* \u201cInert\u201d ingredients are not necessarily biologically or chemically inert.<\/strong>\u00a0The Beyond Pesticides report\u00a0\u201dInert\u201d Ingredients in Organic Production<\/em><\/a>\u00a0compares the toxicity of active substances and \u201cinert\u201d substances used in organic production. In almost every category, there are more harmful \u201cinerts\u201d than active substances.<\/p>\r\n

* OFPA allows the use of a synthetic substance in organic production only if it is listed on the National List<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cby specific use or application\u201d based on a recommendation by the NOSB, following procedures in OFPA.<\/p>\r\n

* The NOSB has repeatedly passed recommendations telling NOP to evaluate individual \u201cinerts.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

We urge you to submit comments to the docket<\/a> on the NOSB\/NOP \u201cInerts Pre-Discussion Document<\/a>\u201d (under consideration at the upcoming NOSB meeting in October), incorporating the following points (feel free to cut-and-paste these comments you submit in the docket):<\/p>\r\n

No issue is more important than the need for the NOSB to evaluate so-called \u201cinert\u201d ingredients in the products used in organic production to ensure that they meet the criteria in the Organic Foods Production Act<\/a> (OFPA). The NOSB, which is responsible for giving direction to the National Organic Program (NOP), has passed repeated recommendations instructing NOP to replace the generic listings for EPA Lists 3, 4A, and 4B \u201cinerts\u201d<\/a> with specific substances approved for the use. NOP must allocate resources for this project. Recent appropriations have increased for NOP, and some of this money must be used for the evaluation of \u201cinert\u201d ingredients to ensure compliance with the law and to maintain the integrity of the USDA organic label.<\/p>\r\n

OFPA provides stringent criteria for allowing synthetic materials to be used in organic production. In short, the NOSB must judge\u2014by a supermajority\u2014that the material would not be harmful to human health or the environment, is necessary to the production or handling of agricultural products, and is consistent with organic farming and handling. These criteria have been applied to \u201cactive\u201d ingredients but not to \u201cinert\u201d ingredients, which make up the largest part of pesticide products\u2014up to 90% or more.<\/p>\r\n

A comparison<\/a> of the hazards posed by active and \u201cinert\u201d ingredients used in organic production reveals that in seven of 11 categories of harm, more \u201cinerts\u201d than actives pose the hazard.<\/p>\r\n

As a result, NOP and the NOSB have been allowing unknown toxic mixtures to be applied to organic crops and livestock<\/strong>. They are applied not only in products containing approved National List synthetic materials but also in products in which the active ingredient is nonsynthetic, which require no NOSB review.<\/p>\r\n

The NOSB and NOP must address this fatal threat to organic integrity by immediately compiling and posting in the Federal Register<\/em> a list of all \u201cinert\u201d ingredients used in organic production, as recommended by the NOSB in 1999. They must develop a process for beginning the evaluation of those \u201cinerts\u201d before the next sunset date.<\/p>\r\n

The value of organic in eliminating hazardous pesticides and fertilizers has been widely documented as the most effective alternative to chemical-intensive agriculture and land management. These \u201cinert\u201d ingredients and many even more hazardous ones are used in chemical-intensive or conventional food production that consumers buy and feed to their families every day. The continued use of hazardous \u201cinerts\u201d is an anomaly in organic and must be corrected now. Ignoring this issue will undermine public trust in the USDA organic label.<\/p>\r\n

Submit Comments Now<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Need help in submitting comments? <\/strong>Regulations.gov requires more than a single click, but it is not difficult. Please feel free to cut-and-paste the comments above into Regulations.gov and add or adjust the text to personalize it. See this instructional video<\/a>. (Regulations.gov has changed its look since this video was made.)<\/p>\r\n

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