AMS Seeks Comments on Revising Grade Standards of Raisins
Comments must be submitted on or before May 1.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is soliciting comments on the petition to change the United States Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins. The Raisin Administrative Committee is requesting USDA revise the current grade standards to add to and also modify the wording for TYPE I - Seedless Raisins. . The revision would add the processed raisin type, “Vine-dried (without the application of drying chemicals or materials)” to the current summary as well as modify the type for “Dipped, Vine-dried, or similarly processed raisins” to “Dipped, Vine-dried, treated with drying chemicals or materials or similarly processed raisins.” The petitioner says revising the standards will provide for common language presently used by the industry.
Comments must be submitted on or before May 1 to Karen L. Kaufman, Standardization Section, Processed Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 0709, South Building; STOP 0247, Washington, DC 20250; telephone (202) 720-4693; fax (202) 690-1527, e-mail karen.kaufman@usda.gov.
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