G/TBT/N/USA/1363/Rev.1  
 
9 June 2020  
(20-4091) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the n otification 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):  Organic 
livestock production; Farming and forestry (ICS 65.020), Pesticides and other 
agrochemicals (ICS 65.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National Organic 
Program; Proposed Amendments to the National List of All owed and Prohibited Substances 
per April 2019 NOSB Recommendations (Livestock and Handling) (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This proposed rule would amend the National List of Allowed and 
Prohibited Substances (National List) section of  the United States Department of 
Agriculture's (USDA's) organic regulations to implement recommendations submitted to 
the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). 
This rule proposes to add the following substance s to the National List: Oxalic acid 
dihydrate as a pesticide for organic apiculture; pullulan for use in organic handling in 
products labeled, "Made with organic (specified ingredients or food group(s))"; and 
collagen gel casing as a nonorganic agricultura l substance for use in organic handling when 
organic forms of collagen gel casing are not commercially available.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of ani mal or plant life or 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 34651, 8 June 2020; Title 7 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 205:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-08/html/2020 -11840.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-08/pdf/2020 -11840.pdf  
• The docke t folder for this Proposed Rule identified by docket number AMS -NOP-19-
0053; NOP -19-02, is accessible from Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=AMS_FRDOC_0001 , and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. WTO Members and their 
interests are asked to submit comments to th e USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments 
received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members will be shared with the 
regulator, and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov  if received 
within the comment period.  
• The docket folder for the Proposed Rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1363  published in 
the Federal Register on 30 April 2018 and the Final Rule notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/1363/Add.1  published in the Federal Register on 30 April 2019, 
identified by docket number AMS -NOP-17-0080; NOP -17-09, is accessible from  
Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=AMS -NOP-17-0080, 
and provides access to primary documents as well as the co mments received.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  7 August 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_3632_00_e.pdf