ASTA Comments on USDA National Organic Program, Sunset Review
ASTA issued comments to the National Organic Program in August 2005 and in response to the "National Organic Program, Sunset Review" notice, urging the National Organic Standards Board to renew the exemptions allowing the use of certain nonorganic items as ingredients in processed products labeled as “organic” or made with organic.
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