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USDA Requests Comments on Certain Rice Grade Standards

The Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration is issuing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to review the U.S. Standards and grading procedures for procedures for rough rice, brown rice for processing, and milled rice under the…

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U.S. Grain Standards Act, as numerous changes have occurred in the breeding and production practices of rice; the technology used to harvest, process, and test rice; and rice marketing since the standards were last revised. Comments are due by December 16, 2010.