G/TBT/N/USA/1705  
26 March 2021  
(21-2505) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) [1734]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  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)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National Organic 
Program; National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances --Crops and Handling From 
October 2019 NOSB (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - This proposed rule would amend the National 
List of Allowed and Proh ibited Substances (National List) section of the United States 
Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) organic regulations to add potassium hypochlorite 
for pre -harvest use as a sanitizer in organic crop production and fatty alcohols for sucker 
control in org anic tobacco production. In addition, this rule proposes to remove the listing 
for dairy cultures, as it is redundant with an existing listing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive p ractices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 86 Federal Register (FR) 15800, 25 March 2021; Title 7 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 205:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-25/html/2021 -05700.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-25/pdf/2021 -05700.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number AMS -NOP-19-0102. 
The Docket  Folder  is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/document/AMS_FRDOC_0001 -2169 and provides access to 
primary and support ing documents as well as comments received. Documents are also G/TBT/N/USA/1705  
 
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  accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their 
stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  
on Regulations.gov  if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  24 May 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_2227_00_e.pdf