FORMAL RECOMMENDATION BY THE

NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS BOARD (NOSB) 

TO THE NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM (NOP) 

Date: April 29, 2010 

Subject: §205.605(a) Sunset Materials Review 

Chair: Daniel G. Giacomini 

 

Recommendation

The NOSB hereby recommends to the NOP the following: 

Rulemaking Action: X 

Guidance Statement: 

Other: 

Summary Statement of the Recommendation (including Recount of Vote):

The following materials listed on §205.605(a) of the National List and scheduled to sunset off the 

list in 2012 were reviewed and discussed, and a motion was made for relisting on the National 

List, at the April 2010 National Organic Standards Board meeting: 

Acids (Alginic; Citric – produced from microbial fermentation of carbohydrate substances; and 

Lactic) 

Bentonite 

Calcium Carbonate 

Calcium Chloride 

Carageenan 

Dairy cultures 

Diatomaceous earth – food filtering aid only 

Kaolin 

Nitrogen – oil free grades 

Oxygen – oil free grades 

Perlite – for use only as a filter aid in food processing 

Potassium chloride 

Sodium bicarbonate 

Sodium carbonate 

Waxes – nonsynthetic (Carnauba wax; and Wood resin) 
The Handling Committee’s recommendations covering these materials are attached. There were 

no public written or verbal comments opposing the committee’s recommendations, and all were 

recommended for relisting by the full NOSB as detailed below. 

NOSB Vote: Motion: Steve DeMuri Second: Tracy Miedema 

Board vote: Yes: 14; No: 0; Abstain: 0; Absent: 1 

 

The motion to relist the above materials passes 

Response by the NOP:
National Organic Standards Board 

Handling Committee Sunset Recommendation for §205.605(a) 

March 2, 2010 

I. List: 

§205.605 Nonagricultural (nonorganic) substances allowed as ingredients in or on 

processed products labeled as “organic” or “made with organic (specified 

ingredients or food group(s)).” 

(a) Nonsynthetics allowed 

II. Committee Summary: 

Federal Register notice of the sunset of these materials elicited no public comments 

against re-listing. 

Review of the original recommendations, historical documents, and public comments 

does not reveal unacceptable risks to the environment, human, or animal health as a 

result of the use or manufacture of these materials. There is no new information 

contradicting the original recommendation which were the basis for the previous NOSB 

decisions to list these materials. 

III. Committee Recommendation(s): 

The handling committee recommends the renewal of the following substances in this use 

category as published in the final rule: 

Acids (Alginic; Citric – produced by microbial fermentation of carbohydrate 

substances; and Lactic) 

Bentonite 

Calcium carbonate 

Calcium chloride 

Carageenan 

Dairy cultures 

Diatomaceous earth – food filtering aid only 

Kaolin 

Nitrogen – oil-free grades 

Moved: Steve DeMuri Second: John Foster 

Yes: 6 No: 0 Abstain: 0 Absent: 1 
National Organic Standards Board 

Handling Committee Sunset Recommendation for §205.605(a) 

March 2, 2010

I. List: 

§205.605 Nonagricultural (nonorganic) substances allowed as ingredients in or on 

processed products labeled as “organic” or “made with organic (specified 

ingredients or food group(s)).” 

(a) Nonsynthetics allowed 

II. Committee Summary: 

Federal Register notice of the sunset of these materials elicited no public comments 

against re-listing. 

Review of the original recommendations, historical documents, and public comments 

does not reveal unacceptable risks to the environment, human, or animal health as a 

result of the use or manufacture of these materials. There is no new information 

contradicting the original recommendations which were the basis for the previous NOSB 

decisions to list these materials. 

III. Committee Recommendation(s): 

The handling committee recommends the renewal of the following substances in this use 

category as published in the final rule: 

Oxygen—oil-free grades 

Perlite—for use only as a filter aid in food processing 

Potassium chloride 

Sodium bicarbonate 

Sodium carbonate 

Waxes—nonsynthetic (Carnauba wax; and Wood resin) 

Moved: Joe Dickson Second: John Foster 

Yes: 6 No: 0 Abstain: 0 Absent: 1