Organic Standards Solutions International DEA Importer Application

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), part of the U.S. Department of Justice, published a notice of application on October 19, 2026, stating that Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC has applied to be registered as an importer of basic classes of controlled substances. The notice, document number 2026-21370, appears at 91 FR 66153. The agency is accepting comments and hearing requests through November 18, 2026.

At a glance

• The notice of application is published at 91 FR 66153 and spans pages 66153 to 66154 of the October 19, 2026 Federal Register.
• The applicant is Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC, and the filing concerns registration as an importer of basic classes of controlled substances.
• The comment and hearing-request deadline is November 18, 2026.
• The Federal Register lists the document under Docket No. DEA-1789, with a Regulations.gov docket titled “Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC (DEA 1789).”
• The notice is signed by the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration as the issuing agencies.

What the notice actually does

The document is captioned “Notice of application,” and its stated action is exactly that: notice that an application has been filed. The abstract says Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC has applied to be registered as an importer of basic classes of controlled substances, and it refers readers to the Supplementary Information section of the document for further drug information.

The Federal Register records the document type as a Notice, not a rule. It carries no effective date. The notice does not itself grant, deny or condition any registration; it announces the pendency of the application and opens a window for outside input.

The text of the abstract refers to “basic class(es) of controlled substance(s),” which tracks the statutory scheduling framework for controlled substances. The notice as provided here does not identify which specific basic classes the application covers, and the Supplementary Information that lists the drugs is not reproduced in the material used for this article.

Who may comment or request a hearing

The dates section of the notice addresses itself to a defined audience: registered bulk manufacturers of the affected basic classes, and applicants. Those persons may submit electronic comments on or objections to the issuance of the proposed registration on or before November 18, 2026. The same persons may also file a written request for a hearing on the application on or before November 18, 2026.

The Federal Register provides a Regulations.gov comment link tied to Docket No. DEA-2026-1725, with a docket identifier of DEA-2026-1725-0001. The docket record shows one comment as of the Federal Register’s posting metadata and lists a comment end date of November 19, 2026. The docket page itself describes the matter as “Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC (DEA 1789).”

What is established vs. what is alleged

There is no allegation of wrongdoing in this document and no dispute between parties. The established facts are procedural: the Department of Justice, through the Drug Enforcement Administration, published a notice of application on October 19, 2026, at 91 FR 66153; the applicant is Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC; the application seeks importer registration for basic classes of controlled substances; and the comment and hearing-request window closes on November 18, 2026.

What is not in the record is equally clear. Nothing in the document states that the application has been granted, that a registration certificate has issued, or that the agency has reached a preliminary or final determination on the merits. The notice describes a “proposed registration” in its dates language, which is the stage at which public input is invited, not the conclusion of the process.

Where the application stands procedurally

This is an administrative registration matter before the Drug Enforcement Administration, not a lawsuit and not a consolidated federal proceeding. The document is docketed at Docket No. DEA-1789 on the agency side and DEA-2026-1725 on Regulations.gov, and it is a two-page notice at 91 FR 66153.

Because the notice is a single-agency action, there is no multi-district litigation (MDL, a consolidation of related federal lawsuits before one judge for pretrial proceedings) and no Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation involvement. There is no bellwether trial process (a procedure in which a small group of representative cases is tried first to inform the resolution of the rest), because there is no litigation to organize. The only procedural milestones the record supports are the publication date, the comment window, and the right of specified parties to request a hearing by the deadline.

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Key dates

• October 19, 2026: the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration published the notice of application for Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC at 91 FR 66153.
• October 19, 2026: the Regulations.gov docket DEA-2026-1725 opened for comments.
• November 18, 2026: deadline stated in the notice for electronic comments, objections to issuance of the proposed registration, and written requests for a hearing.
• November 19, 2026: comment end date recorded on the Regulations.gov docket entry DEA-2026-1725-0001.

What this does not establish

The record used here does not show the outcome of the application, and no approval or denial is documented. It does not identify the specific controlled substances or basic classes at issue, because the Supplementary Information section is not included in the available text. It does not state the applicant’s location, ownership, business history or prior registration status.

The notice does not establish that any comment or objection has been filed on the merits, beyond the single comment count recorded in the docket metadata. It does not reflect a hearing request, a hearing date, or any agency order resolving a hearing request. Nothing in the document creates rights for the general public to participate beyond the persons the dates section describes, and nothing in it should be read as a statement about the applicant’s compliance with any law.

Frequently asked questions

What did the Department of Justice publish about Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC?

The Department of Justice, through the Drug Enforcement Administration, published a notice of application on October 19, 2026, at 91 FR 66153. The notice states that Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC has applied to be registered as an importer of basic classes of controlled substances. The document is a notice rather than a rule and carries no effective date.

When is the deadline to comment or request a hearing on the Organic Standards Solutions International application?

The notice sets November 18, 2026, as the deadline for electronic comments on or objections to issuance of the proposed registration. The same date applies to written requests for a hearing on the application. The Regulations.gov docket entry for DEA-2026-1725 lists a comment end date of November 19, 2026.

Has the DEA approved the Organic Standards Solutions International importer application?

The notice published on October 19, 2026, does not state that the Drug Enforcement Administration has approved or denied the application. It announces that the application was filed and refers to a proposed registration, the stage at which comments and hearing requests are invited. No registration grant is documented in the available record.

Is this a lawsuit or a mass tort?

No. The document is an administrative notice of application issued by the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration, docketed at Docket No. DEA-1789. There is no federal court case, no multi-district litigation consolidation and no trial schedule associated with it. It concerns a registration application, not a claim for damages.

Sources

1. Federal Register (Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration): “Importer of Controlled Substances Application: Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC” (link, accessed 2026-11-02)
2. Federal Register: “All Documents” (link, accessed 2026-11-02)