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USDA Revises US Standards for Grapefruit and Oranges Revises U.S. Standards for Grapefruit and Oranges

November 2, 2020 USDA Revises U.S. Standards for Grapefruit and Oranges

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is revising the U.S. Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States other than Florida, California and Arizona) and U.S. Standards for Grades of Oranges (Texas and States other than Florida, California and Arizona) to remove the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) tables. …

USDA Proposes to Terminate 10 U.S. Consumer Standards

October 29, 2020 USDA AMS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to terminate 10 U.S. consumer standards that are obsolete and impede the effective marketing of specialty crops. …

USDA Releases 2019 Annual Pesticide Data Program Summary

October 28, 2020 USDA AMS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the 2019 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The summary shows that nearly 99 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues below benchmark levels established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). …

USDA Appoints Members to National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board

September 30, 2020 USDA AMS

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of seven members to serve on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. Six of the seven appointees will serve three-year terms, effective immediately, through June 30, 2023. …

USDA Establishes Handler Registration Requirement for Florida Citrus

September 11, 2020 USDA AMS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a final rule requiring citrus handlers in Florida to register with the Citrus Administrative Committee in order to ship regulated citrus outside the production area beginning in the 2019 – 2020 fiscal year. The final rule applies to the federal marketing order for oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and pummelos grown in Florida. …