AMS Proposes Changes to Frozen Vegetables Standards for Grades
The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing changes to eight standards for grades of frozen vegetables to revise grade names, certain quality standards, contact information, and typographical errors. Grade standards covered by these proposed revisions are: frozen asparagus, frozen lima beans,…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
frozen speckled butter beans, frozen cooked squash, frozen summer squash, frozen sweet potatoes, frozen turnip greens with turnips, and frozen mixed vegetables. For each of these grade standards, AMS would replace dual grade names with single letter designations, so “U.S. Grade A” or “U.S. Fancy” would become “U.S. Grade A” only; “U.S. Grade B” or “U.S. Extra Standard” would become “U.S. Grade B” only, etc. Comments on the proposed rule are due by March 18.