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WTO notification · TBT

United StatesProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Pesticides and other agrochemicals, Food

Official title

National Organic Program: National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances per October 2021, October 2022, and October 2024 Recommendations (Crops and Livestock)

The United States notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 24 March 2026. The comment period closed on 22 May 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Organic crops and livestock; Pesticides and other agrochemicals; Processes in the food industry; Food products in general; Cereals, pulses and derived products; Fruits. Vegetables; Meat, mea

Notifying member
United States(United States of America)
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 24 March 2026. Check WTO ePing or the United States for its current status.
Objectives
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Quality requirements
  • Cost saving and productivity enhancement
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/USA/2267
ICS classification
  • 65.100 Pesticides and other agrochemicals
  • 67.020 Processes in the food industry
  • 67.040 Food products in general
  • 67.060 Cereals, pulses and derived products
  • 67.080 Fruits. Vegetables
  • 67.120 Meat, meat products and other animal produce

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 22 May 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 22 May 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2267; it can take them up with the United States.

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What the notification says

Proposed rule - This proposed rule would amend the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) organic regulations related to organic crop and livestock production. The proposed rule would provide additional tools to organic producers, allowing carbon dioxide in organic crop production and meloxicam as a pain treatment in organic livestock production. Additionally, this rulemaking would remove overly burdensome restrictions for methionine, an amino acid, in organic poultry feed and would affirm that sodium nitrate may be used as a fertilizer in organic crop production, with certain conditions to protect soil quality.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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