USDA Announces National Potato Promotion Board Appointments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointment of 33 individuals to serve on the National Potato Promotion Board. The appointees will serve three-year terms from March 1, 2022, through Feb. 28, 2025.
Members appointed or reappointed are:
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.
USDA Announces Appointments to the National Pork Producers Delegate Body
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of 150 producers and five importers to the 2022 National Pork Producers Delegate Body.
Members appointed to serve one-year terms are:
USDA Announces National Honey Board Appointments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointment of five individuals to serve on the National Honey Board. The appointees will serve three-year terms from Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2024.
Members appointed or reappointed are:
USDA Terminates Washington State Potato Marketing Order
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is terminating the marketing order regulating the handling of potatoes grown in Washington state. The marketing order was established in 1949 but its handling regulations have been suspended since 2014 and are currently not active.
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.