NOSB Fall 2021 Proposals and Discussion Documents

Subcommi ttee Substance / Motion ‐ Orange highlight indicates split votes, motions to NOT add, or in the case of sunsets, a motion to remove. NLSection/ Guidance Doc Type Motion by:Seconded by:Vote threshold BairdBradman Bruch Caldwell D'Amore Dimitri Greenw

Livestock Motion to remove activated charcoal §205.603 Sunset Brian

Caldwell

KimHuseman

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove calcium borogluconate §205.603 Sunset Kim

Huseman

MindeeJeffery

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove calcium propionate §205.603 Sunset Kim

Huseman

Sue Baird 2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove chlorine materials (calcium

hypochlorite

§206.603(a)(10)

Sunset Kim

Huseman

Nate Powell‐

Palm

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove chlorine materials (chlorine

dioxide)

§206.603(a)(10)

Sunset Kim

Huseman

Nate Powell‐

Palm

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove chlorine materials

(hypochlorous acid)

§206.603(a)(10)

Sunset Kim

Huseman

Nate Powell‐

Palm

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove chlorine materials (sodium

hypochlorite)

§206.603(a)(10)

Sunset Kim

Huseman

Nate Powell‐

Palm

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove kaolin pectin §205.603 Sunset Sue Baird Mindee

Jeffery

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove mineral Oil §205.603 Sunset Kim

Huseman

BrianCaldwell

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove nutritive supplements §205.603 Sunset Nate Powell‐

Palm

BrianCaldwell

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove propylene glycol §205.603 Sunset Mindee

Jeffery

Nate Powell‐

Palm

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove sodium chlorite, acidified §205.603(a)(28)

&§205.603(b)(9)

Sunset Kim

Huseman

Nate Powell‐

Palm

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Livestock Motion to remove zinc sulfate §205.603 Sunset Brian

Caldwell

KimHuseman

2/3 N N N N N N N 

CACS Motion to accept the proposal on the letter to the

Secretary re: climate change initiatives

NA Proposal Nate Powell‐

Palm

Kyla Smith 2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion to classify Chitosan as synthetic §205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

RickGreewood

BrianCaldwell

2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion to add Chitosan ‐ plant disease control §205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

RickGreewood

Steve Ela 2/3 Y Y N Y N N N 

Crops Motion to classify cow manure derived biochar

(CMDB) as nonsynthetic

§205.602 Proposal

(Petitioned)

Wood Turner Rick

Greenwood

2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion to annotate the listing of ash from manure

burning at § 205.602(a) to read “Ash from manure

burning – unless derived as part of the productionof biochar from pyrolysis of cow manure.”

§205.602 Proposal

(Petitioned)

Wood Turner Steve Ela 2/3 Y N N N Y N N 

Crops Motion to return the proposal on ammonia

extracts back to Subcommittee

§205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

MindeeJeffery

Asa Bradman 1/2 Y Y N N N N N 

Crops Motion to classify ammonia extracts as

nonsynthetic

§205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

Steve Ela Jerry

D'Amore

2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

VOTING ITEMS

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Subcommi ttee Substance / Motion ‐ Orange highlight indicates split votes, motions to NOT add, or in the case of sunsets, a motion to remove. NLSection/ Guidance Doc Type Motion by:Seconded by:Vote threshold BairdBradman Bruch Caldwell D'Amore Dimitri Greenw

Crops Motion to add at §205.602, non‐synthetic

substances prohibited for use in organic crop

production:Stripped Ammonia – created by separating,

isolating and/or capturing ammonia orammonium from an agricultural feedstock or

other natural source using methods such as, but

not limited to, steam stripping, pressurized air,

heat, condensation, and/or distillation.

§205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

Steve Ela Jerry

D'Amore

2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion to add at §205.602, non‐synthetic

substances prohibited for use in organic crop

production:Concentrated Ammonia – contains greater than

3% ammoniacal nitrogen and the total

nitrogen content is predominately (i.e., >50%) in

the ammonia or ammonium form.

§205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

Steve Ela Asa Bradman 2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion to SEND BACK TO SUBCOMMITTEE THE

MOTION TO "add at §205.203(f): Nitrogen

products with a C:N ratio of 3:1 or less, including

those that are components of a blended fertilizer

formulation, are limited to a cumulative total use

of 20% of crop needs."

§205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

Kyla Smith Nate Powell‐

Palm

1/2 Y Y Y N Y N N 

Crops Motion to classify kasugamycin as synthetic §205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

RickGreenwood

Steve Ela 2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion to add kasugamycin to the National List at

§205.601(j)(4) for plant disease control

§205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

RickGreenwood

Amy Bruch 2/3 N N N N N N N 

Crops Motion to classify hydronium as synthetic §205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

RickGreenwood

Amy Bruch 2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion to add hydronium to the National List at

205.601(j)(7) as an organic processing aid

§205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

RickGreenwood

Steve Ela 2/3 N N N N N N N 

Crops Motion to SEND BACK TO SUBCOMMITTEE the

carbon dioxide proposal for additional work.

§205.601 Proposal

(Petitioned)

Logan Petrey Rick

Greenwood

2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion to classify lithothamnion as a

nonagricultural substance

§205.601 Proposal Brian

Caldwell

Amy Bruch 2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion that lithothamnion does not meet wild

crop criteria and is not eligible to be certified to

the wild crop standard

§205.601 Proposal Brian

Caldwell

Steve Ela 2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Crops Motion to accept the Biodegradable biobased

mulch annotation change

§205.601 Proposal Asa Bradman Brian

Caldwell

2/3 Y Y N Y N N Y 

Crops Motion to reinstate the listing of sodium nitrate at

7 CFR 205.602(g) ‐ prohibited nonsynthetic:

Sodium nitrate ‐ unless use is restricted to no

more than 20 percent of the crop’s total nitrogen

requirement; use in spirulina production is

unrestricted until October 21, 2005.

§205.602 Proposal Steve Ela Brian

Caldwell

2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

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Crops Motion to remove copper sulfate §205.601(a)(3)

&§205.601(e)(4)

Sunset Jerry

D'Amore

RickGreenwood

2/3 N Y Y N N Y N 

Crops Motion to remove ozone gas §205.601 Sunset Rick

Greenwood

Amy Bruch 2/3 N N N N N N N 

Crops Motion to remove peracetic acid §205.601(a)(6)

&§205.601(i)(8)

Sunset Wood Turner Jerry

D'Amore

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Crops Motion to remove EPA List 3 ‐ Inerts of unknown

toxicity

§205.601 Sunset Steve Ela Asa Bradman 2/3 N Y N N N N N 

Crops Motion to remove chlorine materials (calcium

hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, (hypochlorous acid,

sodium hypochlorite)

§206.601 Sunset Wood Turner Logan Petrey 2/3 N N N N N N N 

Crops Motion to remove magnesium oxide §205.601 Sunset Amy Bruch Logan Petrey 2/3 N N N N N N N Crops Motion to remove calcium chloride §205.602 Sunset Logan Petrey Brian

Caldwell

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Crops Motion to remove rotenone §205.602 Sunset Rick

Greenwood

Amy Bruch 2/3 N N N N N N N 

Handling Motion to add zein at §205.605(a), annotated as:

“Only for use in nutraceuticals or pharmaceuticals

as a micro encapsulation acting as a moisture

barrier and taste masker.”

§205.605(a) Proposal

(Petitioned)

JerryD'Amore

Steve Ela 2/3 N Y N A Y N N 

Handling Motion to classify zein as nonsynthetic (NOSB

voted on motion first, which failed, so did not voteon classification)

§205.605(a) Proposal

(Petitioned)

JerryD'Amore

Steve Ela 2/3 

Handling Motion to accept the proposed fish oil annotation:

§205.606 (e) Fish oil (Fatty acid CAS #'s: 10417‐94‐

4, and 25167‐62‐8) ‐ stabilized with organic

ingredients or only with ingredients on the

National List, §§205.605 and 205.606. Sourced

from fishing industry by‐product only and certified

as sustainable against a third‐party certification

that is International Social and Environmental

Accreditation and Labeling (ISEAL) Code Compliant

or Global Seafood Sustainability Initiative (GSSI)

recognized.

§205.606 Proposal Asa Bradman Kyla Smith 2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

Handling Motion to remove agar‐agar §205.605(a) Sunset Kim

Huseman

JerryD'Amore

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Handling Motion to remove animal enzymes §205.605(a) Sunset Kim

Huseman

JerryD'Amore

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Handling Motion to remove calcium sulfate—mined §205.605(a) Sunset Wood Turner Jerry

D'Amore

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Handling Motion to remove carrageenan §205.605(a) Sunset Jerry

D'Amore

Kyla Smith 2/3 Y Y Y Y N Y Y 

Handling Motion to remove glucono delta‐lactone §205.605(a) Sunset Wood Turner Jerry

D'Amore

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Handling Motion to remove tartaric acid §205.605(a) Sunset Steve Ela Jerry

D'Amore

2/3 N N N N N N N 

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Handling Motion to remove cellulose §205.605(b) Sunset Kyla Smith Jerry

D'Amore

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Handling Motion to remove chlorine materials (calcium

hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, (hypochlorous acid,sodium hypochlorite)

§206.605(b) Sunset Asa Bradman Jerry

D'Amore

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Handling Motion to remove potassium hydroxide §205.605(b) Sunset Steve Ela Asa Bradman 2/3 N N N N N N N Handling Motion to remove potassium lactate §205.605(b) Sunset Jerry

D'Amore

Steve Ela 2/3 N N N N N N N 

Handling Motion to remove silicon dioxide §205.605(b) Sunset Kyla Smith Kim

Huseman

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Handling Motion to remove sodium lactate §205.605(b) Sunset Jerry

D'Amore

KimHuseman

2/3 N N N N N N N 

Materials NOSB 2021 Research Priorities Other Proposal Wood Turner Steve Ela 2/3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 

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