National Organic Program (NOP); Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices
meat-poultry · Agricultural Marketing Service · Rule · Published 2017-05-10 · Effective 2017-11-14 · 82 FR 21677
Document
Document number
2017-09409
Federal Register citation
82 FR 21677
CFR reference
7 CFR 205
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; delay of effective date.
Category
meat-poultry
Sub-agency
Agricultural Marketing Service
Publication date
2017-05-10
Effective date
2017-11-14
USDA docket
Doc. No. AMS-NOP-15-0012
Abstract
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.