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Docket Number: AMS-NOP-19-0053
Effective Date: July 26, 2021
Summary
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is reminding food manufacturers, importers and retailers who package and label food for retail sale or who sell bulk food items that the mandatory compliance date for the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard is Jan. 1, 2022.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has revised the criteria for the special grade “Green” for the class “Lentils,” in the U.S. Standards for Lentils. Stakeholders in the lentil processing and handling industry requested that AMS amend the interpretation of the special grade “Green” in the Lentil inspection instructions by redefining the definition and including criteria for the inclusion of mottled lentils.
