National Organic Standards Board
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The National Organic Standards Board is a federal advisory committee that recommends policies and standards for the U.S. organic food and agriculture program.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| National Organic Standards Board canonical | 6 |
| NOSB | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1620562 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Organic Standards Board Context triple: [Agricultural Marketing Service, hasPart, National Organic Standards Board]
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A.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture is a federal executive department responsible for developing and executing national policies on farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food safety.
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B.
Agricultural Marketing Service
The Agricultural Marketing Service is a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency responsible for facilitating the efficient, fair marketing of agricultural products through grading, standards, market news, and related programs.
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C.
Rainforest Alliance
Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organization that works to conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable livelihoods through responsible land use, business practices, and consumer choices.
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D.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is a U.S. federal agency that funds and supports research, education, and extension programs to advance agriculture, food systems, and related sciences.
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E.
Committee on Agriculture
The Committee on Agriculture is a World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation of global rules and commitments related to agricultural trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Organic Standards Board Target entity description: The National Organic Standards Board is a federal advisory committee that recommends policies and standards for the U.S. organic food and agriculture program.
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A.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture is a federal executive department responsible for developing and executing national policies on farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food safety.
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B.
Agricultural Marketing Service
The Agricultural Marketing Service is a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency responsible for facilitating the efficient, fair marketing of agricultural products through grading, standards, market news, and related programs.
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C.
Rainforest Alliance
Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organization that works to conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable livelihoods through responsible land use, business practices, and consumer choices.
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D.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is a U.S. federal agency that funds and supports research, education, and extension programs to advance agriculture, food systems, and related sciences.
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E.
Committee on Agriculture
The Committee on Agriculture is a World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation of global rules and commitments related to agricultural trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government entity
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advisory body ⓘ federal advisory committee ⓘ |
| advises | United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ |
| appointedBy | United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| decisionProcess | public recommendations adopted by board vote ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 ⓘ |
| function |
advising on implementation of the Organic Foods Production Act
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holding public meetings to gather input on organic standards ⓘ making recommendations on organic crop and livestock standards ⓘ making recommendations on organic handling and processing standards ⓘ recommendation of substances for inclusion on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | recommendations on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.
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Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| meetingFormat | public meetings ⓘ |
| meets | at least twice per year ⓘ |
| memberCategory |
USDA accredited certifying agents
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consumer and public interest advocates ⓘ environmentalists ⓘ handlers and processors ⓘ organic farmers and growers ⓘ retailers ⓘ scientists with expertise in toxicology, ecology, or biochemistry ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 15 ⓘ |
| oversightArea |
materials used in organic production and handling
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organic crop production standards ⓘ organic handling and processing standards ⓘ organic livestock production standards ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
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linked to:
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Organic Program
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USDA organic program ⓘ
linked to:
National Organic Program
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| purpose |
to advise the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture on organic standards
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to recommend policies and standards for the U.S. organic food and agriculture program ⓘ |
| sector |
organic agriculture
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organic food ⓘ |
| shortName |
NOSB
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linked to:
National Organic Standards Board
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| subjectOf | USDA regulations and guidance on organic standards ⓘ |
| topicOf | National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic/nosb ⓘ |
| worksOn | development of organic policy recommendations ⓘ |
| worksWith |
National Organic Program
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organic stakeholders ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Organic Standards Board Description of subject: The National Organic Standards Board is a federal advisory committee that recommends policies and standards for the U.S. organic food and agriculture program.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: National Organic Standards Board
National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances
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reviewedBy
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National Organic Standards Board
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