Agricultural Marketing Service September 19, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

National Organic Program (NOP); Amendment to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (Livestock)
Document Number: 2012-23083
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-09-19
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This final rule amends the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) to enact one recommendation submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) on April 29, 2010. This final rule revises the annotation for one substance on the National List, methionine, to reduce the maximum levels of synthetic methionine allowed in organic poultry production after October 1, 2012. This final rule permits the use of synthetic methionine at the following maximum levels per ton of feed after October 1, 2012: laying and broiler chickens2 pounds; turkeys and all other poultry3 pounds. This action also corrects the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) numbers for the allowable forms of synthetic methionine.
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