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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/USA/1910/Add.3

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Title

National Organic Program (NOP); Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards

Objective

Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection (TBT); Protection of animal or plant life or health (TBT)

Product Covered

Organic livestock and poultry; Farming and forestry (ICS code(s): 65.020); Processes in the food industry (ICS code(s): 67.020); Meat, meat products and other animal produce (ICS code(s): 67.120)

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65.020 - Farming and forestry; 65.020 - Farming and forestry; 67.020 - Processes in the food industry; 67.020 - Processes in the food industry; 67.120 - Meat, meat products and other animal produce; 67.120 - Meat, meat products and other animal produce

Keywords

Food standards; Food standards

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Description

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is delaying the effective date of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) final rule, published on 2 November 2023, to meet the requirements of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (Congressional Review Act (CRA)). The CRA requires that agencies provide Congress with at least 60 days to review a major rule before it takes effect. For the OLPS final rule, AMS provided the required notice to Congress on 13 November 2023, after publication of the rule. Therefore, the published effective date did not provide 60 days for congressional review. This final rule delays the effective date of the OLPS final rule by 10 days to meet the 60-day requirement. AMS is making a technical correction to the compliance date of 5 January 2029, for indoor and outdoor stocking density requirements and soil and vegetation requirements for broiler operations to 2 January 2029. All other compliance dates of the OLPS final rule remain unchanged. Additionally, in acknowledgement of the U.S. Government Accountability Office assessment of the final rule, AMS confirms that the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023 does not apply to the OLPS final rule because it does not increase direct spending.Effective date: The effective date of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards final rule amending 7 CFR part 205, published at 88 FR 75394 on 2 November 2023, is delayed until 12 January 2024.    Compliance dates: All organic operations must comply with the requirements of the OLPS final rule by 2 January 2025, except:    (1) Currently certified organic layer operations and layer operations that are certified before 2 January 2025, must comply with Sec.  205.241(c)(2), (4), and (5), concerning outdoor stocking density requirements and soil and vegetation requirements, by 2 January 2029.    (2) Currently certified organic broiler operations and broiler operations that are certified before 2 January 2025, must comply with Sec.  205.241(b)(10) and (c)(2) and (6), concerning indoor and outdoor stocking density requirements and soil and vegetation requirements, by 2 January 2029.    (3) Currently certified organic poultry operations and poultry operations that are certified before 2 January 2025, must comply with Sec.  205.241(b)(4), concerning poultry house exit area requirements, by 2 January 2029.Title 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 205This action and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1910 are identified by Docket Number AMS-NOP-21-0073. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/AMS-NOP-21-0073/document and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.

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