date:Jul 16, 2012
icultural (non-organic) ingredients permitted in processed organic foods under the National Organic Program. The National Organics Standards Board reviews the list every five years, which is known as the sunset review.
The recent sunset review led to the removal of exemptions for pectin (low-methoxy), which typically is used in low-sugar and low-acid foods, and sulfur dioxide, a rodenticide. The two removals from the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances went into effect June 27. Th