USDA Reopens Comment Period for Origin of Livestock

(WASHINGTON, DC) The National Organic Program (NOP) reopened the public comment period for the Origin of Livestock proposed rule originally published in 2015 on Tuesday. The comment period is open for 60 days (until December 2nd). The proposed rule would change the requirements related to the origin of livestock under the USDA organic regulations. NOP received almost 16-hundred public comments during the original comment period and USDA will consider all public comments in developing a final rule. This includes public comments from 2015 as well as from this new comment period. Reopening the public comment period gives people a chance to submit comments who did not do so four years ago and also allows updated information to be submitted if needed.