USDA AMS

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. …

FSNS Awarded AMS Approval For the Analysis of Ractopamine

August 7, 2020 Food Safety Net Services

Food Safety Net Services (FSNS) has been approved by the USDA-AMS Laboratory Approval Program for Export of Meat and Poultry Products for the analysis of the Beta-Agonist Ractopamine in Animal Muscle and Liver Tissues by LC-MS/MS (Trace Residue Level). …

USDA Appoints 24 Members to Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee

July 15, 2020 USDA AMS

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the appointment of 24 industry representatives to the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC). …

USDA Revises Carrots Standards

June 25, 2020 USDA AMS

The revision adds more U.S. No. 1 grades to accommodate carrots of colors other than orange, orange red and orange scarlet. …