The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointment of 12 members to serve on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. The 12 appointees will serve three-year terms, effective immediately, through Oct. 31, 2024.

The newly appointed members are:

The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from farmers, growers, and other producers for its 2022 farmers market season that opens Friday, May 6, 2022. Farmers, growers and producers located in Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, and preferably within a 200-mile radius of the District of Columbia, are encouraged to apply.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today the addition of testing peanuts that are destined for the European Union (EU) to the Laboratory Approval Program for Analysis of Aflatoxins (LAP-Aflatoxin) at the request of the American Peanut Council (APC). The addition will ensure peanuts destined for the EU meet testing requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 401/2006. Laboratories must be approved under the LAP-Aflatoxin to provide aflatoxin testing for peanuts destined for the EU, effective January 24, 2022.

Live Animal Requirements - AAA – Live Animal Specification (pdf)

USDA Certified Information - G-145 Specification (pdf), effective January 2022

Program Contact

Kim Herinckx
Vice President Food Safety and QA
760-550-5422
kherinckx@owbpackers.com

USDA

For general pilot-related questions:
UnprocessedFVPilot@fns.usda.gov

Linda Hubeny, Program Analyst
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Linda.Hubeny@fns.usda.gov
(703) 305-7518

Janet West, Senior Program Analyst
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Janet.West@fns.usda.gov
(703) 305-2671

For vendor and invoice-related questions: