Organic Board to Meet

August 16, 2018

USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will meet October 24-25 in St. Paul, Minnesota, with listening sessions on October 16 and 18 at which the public can comment to the board.

The NOSB advises USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service on rules and procedures for the National Organic Program.  The upcoming meeting is “to assist the USDA in the development of standards for substances to be used in organic production” as well as to give advice on any other National Organic Program topics, according to the announcement of the meeting.