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AMS Proposes to Add Sanitizer, Tobacco Sucker Control to National Organic List

The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to make changes to its National List of substances allowed and prohibited in organic products, it said in a notice released March 24. The proposed rule would “add potassium hypochlorite for pre-harvest use as…

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a sanitizer in organic crop production and fatty alcohols for sucker control in organic tobacco production,” AMS said. “In addition, this rule proposes to remove the listing for dairy cultures, as it is redundant with an existing listing.” Comments are due May 24.