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AMS Proposes Revisions to Grade Standards for Pecans

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to amend U.S. grade standards for pecans in the shell and shelled pecans, it said in a notice released May 31. The proposed rule would replace current grades with U.S. Extra Fancy, U.S.…

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Fancy, U.S. Choice, and U.S. Standard grades. AMS also proposes to update terminology, definitions and defect scoring guides, it said. Comments on the proposed rule are due by Aug. 1.