On May 30, 2025, the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) launched the 60-day public comment period during which all operators and stakeholders are invited to comment on the proposed modifications to the Canadian Organic Standards.
To help stakeholders see the draft changes and justification behind the change, the OFC has created these helpful documents with tracked changes as well as rationale. View these versions below.
Organic Principles and Management Standards
Permitted Substances Lists
To view or download the 2025 drafts (no tracked changes), click on the following links:
General Principles and Management Standards – CAN/CGSB-32.310-2025EN
Permitted Substances Lists – CAN/CGSB-32.311-2025EN
Submit Comments
To submit your comments, please use the following forms:
All comments shall be sent to CGSB – astrid.lozano@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Your comment can be:
- general (ge) – you provide information or your opinion about a proposed modification that might lead to a revision of a proposed modification
- technical (te) – you provide technical information that might lead to a revision of a proposed modification
- editorial (ed) – you suggest rewording a clause, fixing a typo, or another editorial change that does not change the intent or meaning of the standard.
Deadline for submitting your comments – July 29, 2025
Review of the Comments
Every comment is considered!The CGSB directives guide the analysis of all the comments submitted under the public review.
1. Comments that suggest the same change for the same reason can be amalgamated.
2. If comment has no new technical information and has been addressed by the WG in preparing the draft , the comment does not need any further consideration (no change to proposal in the PR version of standard)
3. If comment has new technical information, the working group recommends a modification to the change already proposed (modification to proposal in standard)
4. If comment has new technical information, the working group recommends delete change proposed (basically return to 2020 edition)
