AMS Proposes to Amend US Grade Standards for Fuji Apples

The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to amend its U.S. Standards for Grades of Apples to remove smooth net-like russeting as a grade-determining factor in the U.S. Extra Fancy, U.S. Fancy and U.S. No. 1 grades for Fuji apples, it said. The proposal also would remove obsolete references to the location where color standards may be examined and purchased, AMS said. The changes also would affect the grade requirements under the Export Apple Act.