# Amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances per October 2020 and April 2021 NOSB Recommendations (Handling, Crops)
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 2022-11-14 · Effective 2022-12-14 · 87 FR 68021
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-24111
- **Category:** organic
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 68021
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 205
- **Publication date:** 2022-11-14
- **Effective date:** 2022-12-14
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-NOP-21-0060
## Abstract

This rule amends the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) section of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) organic regulations to implement recommendations submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). This rule allows low-acyl gellan gum, a food additive used as a thickener, gelling agent, and stabilizer, as an ingredient in processed organic products. This rule also allows paper- based crop planting aids for organic crop production. Finally, this rule replaces the term "wood resin" on the National List with the term "wood rosin" to reflect the popular spelling of the substance.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/14/2022-24111/amendments-to-the-national-list-of-allowed-and-prohibited-substances-per-october-2020-and-april-2021)
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