United States Standards for Grades of Cauliflower

Docket Number: AMS-FV-10-0047
Comments received by: July 8, 2016

Summary
 
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to revise the United States Standards for Grades of Cauliflower. The current U.S. grade standards do not have provisions for grading purple, orange, or green cauliflower. The proposed revision would amend the color requirement to allow all colors of cauliflower to be certified to a U.S. grade. In addition, AMS proposes to amend the size requirement to allow curds less than 4 inches in diameter to be certified to a grade; to add marking requirements to sizes less than 4 inches in diameter; and, to remove the unclassified section.
 
Submit Comments
 
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to the Standardization Branch, Specialty Crops Inspection Division, Specialty Crops Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Training and Development Center, Riverside Business Park, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, VA 22406; fax: (540) 361-1199; or, via the web at: www.regulations.gov. Comments should reference the dates and page number of this issue of the Federal Register and will be made available for public inspection in the above office during regular business hours. Comments can also be viewed as submitted, including any personal information you provide, on the www.regulations.gov Web site. A copy of the proposed revised United States Standards for Grades of Cauliflower is located at http://www.regulations.gov.
 
Contact
 
Dave Horner 
Standardization Branch, Specialty Crops Inspection Division
Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA
National Training and Development Center
Riverside Business Park, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101
Fredericksburg, VA  22406
Telephone: (540) 361-1128
Fax: (540) 361-1199
 
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