AMS Proposes to Relax Standards for Imported Peanuts

The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to relax minimum quality and handling standards for domestic and imported peanuts, it said (here). The AMS proposed rule would “relax the allowance for damaged kernels in farmers stock peanuts when determining segregation,” AMS said. The change was recommended by the Peanut Standards Board, it said. Comments are due June 26.