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RIN: 0581-AD08

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: National Organic Program, Origin of Livestock, NOP-11-0009
Abstract: The current regulations provide two tracks for replacing dairy animals which are tied to how dairy farmers transition to organic production. Farmers who transition an entire distinct herd must thereafter replace dairy animals with livestock that has been under organic management from the last third of gestation. Farmers who do not transition an entire distinct herd may perpetually obtain replacement animals that have been managed organically for 12 months prior to marketing milk or milk products as organic. The proposed action would eliminate the two track system and require that upon transition, all existing and replacement dairy animals from which milk or milk products are intended to be sold, labeled, or represented as organic, must be managed organically from the last third of gestation.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 205
Legal Authority: 7 USC 6501

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/00/2014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Melissa Bailey Associate Deputy Administrator, Specialty Crops Program Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 14th & Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250 Phone:202 720-6394 Email: melissa.bailey@usda.gov