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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 26 (Monday, February 10, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9187-9188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02411]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 205

[Doc. No. AMS-NOP-22-0063]
RIN 0581-AE13

National Organic Program; Market Development for Mushrooms and 
Pet Food

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This document delays the effective date of the December 23, 
2024, final rule that amended USDA's organic regulations to clarify 
standards for organic mushrooms and organic pet food. The topics 
addressed by the rule include mushroom substrate composition and 
sourcing of mushroom spawn in organic mushroom production; composting 
requirements for organic mushroom production; composition and labeling 
requirements for organic pet food; and the use of certain synthetic 
substances, including taurine, in organic pet food.

DATES: 
    Effective date: As of February 10, 2025, the effective date of the 
final rule amending 7 CFR part 205, published on December 23, 2024 (89 
FR 104367), is delayed until March 21, 2025.
    Compliance Date: Organic operations must comply with the 
requirements of this rule by March 22, 2027.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Healy, Director, Standards 
Division, National Organic Program. Telephone: 202-720-3252. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the memorandum of January 
20, 2025, from the President to executive departments and agencies, 
entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' \1\ this document 
temporarily delays the effective date of the rule titled, ``National 
Organic Program; Market Development for Mushrooms and Pet Food,'' which 
was published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2024 (89 FR 
104367). The rule amended the USDA organic regulations to clarify

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standards for organic mushrooms and organic pet food. The topics 
addressed by the rule include mushroom substrate composition and 
sourcing of mushroom spawn in organic mushroom production; composting 
requirements for organic mushroom production; composition and labeling 
requirements for organic pet food; and the use of certain synthetic 
substances, including taurine, in organic pet food.
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    \1\ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/regulatory-freeze-pending-review/.
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    This action is exempt from notice and comment under 5 U.S.C. 553 
and is applicable immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, 
based on the good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3), 
respectively. Seeking public comment is impracticable, unnecessary, and 
contrary to the public interest. The temporary delay in effective date 
is necessary to give Department officials the opportunity for further 
review and consideration of new regulations, consistent with the 
President's memorandum of January 20, 2025. Given the imminence of the 
effective date, seeking prior public comment on this temporary delay 
would have been impractical, as well as contrary to the public interest 
in the orderly promulgation and implementation of regulations. The 
imminence of the effective date is also good cause for making this 
action effective immediately upon publication.

Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-02411 Filed 2-6-25; 8:45 am]
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