The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing a revision to the U.S. Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef. The revision would include dentition and documentation of actual age as additional methods of classifying maturity of carcasses for quality grading.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is revising the U.S. Standards for Grades of Cauliflower.
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U.S. Standards for Grades of Catfish and Catfish Products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has announced that it will suspend work related to the development of voluntary U.S. Standards for Grades of Catfish and Catfish Products.
Event Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 2:00pm to 2:30pm Eastern (ET)
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Join the Agricultural Marketing Service's National Organic Program (NOP) for a certifier webinar about the upcoming import certificate requirement for organic products shipped to the U.S. from Mexico.
Docket Number: AMS–SC–16–0005
Comments received by: April 24, 2017
Summary:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking public comments on its proposal to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Shelled Walnuts and the U.S. Standards for Grades of Walnuts in the Shell.
AMS proposes amending the standards to: (1) include red colored walnuts; and (2) remove the “Unclassified” section. The changes will modernize the standards, and help meet growing consumer demand by providing greater marketing flexibility.