United States Standards for Grades of Pecans

United States Standards for Grades of Pecans

Docket Number: AMS-FV-14-0101
Comments received by: March 14, 2016
 
Summary
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise the United States Standards for Grades of Shelled Pecans and the United States Standards for Grades of Pecans in the Shell. AMS is proposing to replace the term “midget” with “extra small” in the Shelled Pecan standards. AMS is also proposing to remove from both standards references to plastic models of pecan kernels, and information on where the color standards may be examined. These changes would modernize the terminology and information in the standards.
 
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 on 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.
 
Contact
Lindsay H. Mitchell
Standardization Branch, Specialty Crops Inspection Division
Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA
National Training and Development Center
100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101
Fredericksburg, VA  22406
Phone: (540) 361-1120
Fax: (540) 361-1199

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