USDA Invites Manufacturers for Partnership Opportunities to Support R&D for Milled Rice Inspection Technology

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) invites manufacturers of automated imaging instrumentation to partner in cooperative research and development resulting in technology to determine broken kernels, whole kernels, and milling yield, in percentage by mass, in short, medium and long-grain milled rice.

The goal is to develop a commercially available instrument useful for official inspection results at AMS field offices and official service provider locations.

U.S-Taiwan Organic Equivalence Arrangement Resolved Differences in Standards and Conformity Assessment Systems

Background

On May 30, 2020, the United States (U.S.) established an organic equivalence arrangement with Taiwan. Organic equivalence is when one country recognizes another’s organic program as being equivalent. The U.S.-Taiwan equivalence allows U.S. and Taiwan organic products certified to the USDA or Taiwan organic standards to be labeled and sold as organic in both countries, as long as the products meet the terms of the arrangement.

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