AMS Proposes to End Exemptions for Non-Organic Ingredients in Organic Products
The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to end exemptions that allow the use in organic products of 12 non-organic substances, it said. Exemptions for use in organic crop and livestock production would end for non-organic sucrose octanoate esters, vitamin B,…
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oxytocin, procaine and sucrose octanoate esters, AMS said in a notice released Aug. 23. The agency would also end exemptions for use in organic handling for non-organic alginic acid, colors (black currant juice color, blueberry juice color, carrot juice color, cherry juice color, grape juice color, paprika color, pumpkin juice color, turmeric extract color), kelp, konjac flour, sweet potato starch, Turkish bay leaves and whey protein concentrate. AMS is considering the changes as part of its 2022 sunset review of the organic National List. Comments are due Oct. 25.