Reminder:
NOSB Spring Meeting Starts This Week
Public Comments and Board Meeting
Scheduled Over Five Days
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) generally meets twice each year in a public forum to discuss and vote on recommendations to the USDA. These recommendations help the Department develop and refine the organic standards.
The NOSB will hear public comments by webinar this week and the in-person Board meeting will be in Atlanta, Georgia April 25-27th. We plan to webcast the in-person meeting live for those who are not able to travel.
Meeting Details
Public Comment Webinars: April 18 & 20, 2023, Noon - 5:00 pm Eastern
In-Person Public Meeting: April 25 - 27, 2023, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Eastern
Where: Crowne Plaza Atlanta Midtown
590 West Peachtree Street, NW
Stakeholder Engagement Encouraged
The meeting Zoom links, agenda, proposals, discussion documents and Federal Register notice are available on the NOSB Spring 2023 Meeting webpage.
All speakers making public comments have signed up and been notified by email of the commenting order. Speakers will be called on when it is their turn.
Members of the public will be able to hear the live comments, Board deliberations, and see any slides presented. Only Board members may ask questions.
All public comments and Board deliberations will be recorded. Presentations and a transcript of all five days will be posted to the NOP website afterwards. Check the Spring 2023 Meeting page link above for more details and updates.
National Organic Program
Spring 2023 Update for NOSB
Now Available in Learning Center
 The National Organic Program (NOP) provides a program update before each NOSB meeting. Even though we are meeting in person in Spring 2023 we are continuing to provide the NOP update in this pre-recorded way for maximum viewing flexibility, so you can watch it at any time.
It is now available in the Organic Integrity Learning Center and can be accessed within Course “NOP-998 – NOP Presentations.”
For questions about the Learning Center, contact USDA-NOP@apvit.com.
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