The Department of Agriculture Tuesday announced it would delay implementation of the final Organic Livestock Standards rule until November 14th, 2017. The rule was published in January in the final days of the Obama administration, and USDA is taking an additional six months to allow time for further consideration. The effective date for this rule was initially March 20th, 2017, and was subsequently delayed to May 19th, 2017, by a document published in the Federal Register in February. The final rule amends the organic livestock and poultry production requirements by adding new provisions for livestock handling and transport for slaughter and avian living conditions, and expands and clarifies existing requirements covering livestock care and production practices and living conditions. Comments may be submitted to USDA until June 9th, 2017 online at Regulations dot gov (www.regulations.gov).
From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service.
rom USDA Agriculture Marketing Service
Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices
Docket Number: AMS-NOP-15-0012; NOP-15-06PR
Effective Date: The effective date of the final rule published on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7042), delayed until May 19, 2017, on February 9, 2017 (82 FR 9967), is further delayed until November 14, 2017.
Summary
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is delaying the effective date of the rule published on January 19, 2017, for an additional six months to November 14, 2017, to allow time for further consideration by USDA. The effective date for this rule was initially March 20, 2017, and was subsequently delayed to May 19, 2017, by a document published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2017. The final rule amends the organic livestock and poultry production requirements by adding new provisions for livestock handling and transport for slaughter and avian living conditions; and expands and clarifies existing requirements covering livestock care and production practices and mammalian living conditions.
Contact
Paul Lewis, Ph.D., Director of Standards Division Telephone: (202) 720-3252; Fax: (202) 260-9151
Supporting Documents
- May 10, 2017 Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Second Proposed Rule – open for comments until June 9, 2017
- May 10, 2017 Final Rule; Delay of Effective Date