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- Changes to standards for some fruits. (Noted In The Federal Register).(US Department of Agriculture proposals on standards for grades of peaches, fresh plums and prunes and nectarines)(Brief Article)
- CHANGES TO STANDARDS FOR SOME FRUITS: USDA has proposed revising the U.S. standards for grades of peaches, fresh plums and prunes and nectarines to make the standards more consistent and uniform with marketing trends and practices. The proposed rule CHANGES TO STANDARDS FOR SOME FRUITS:...
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- DRIED FIG STANDARDS TO CHANGE.(United States Department of Agriculture)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
- DRIED FIG STANDARDS TO CHANGE: Comments are being accepted on USDA's proposal to revise the U.S. standards for grades of dried figs to bring the standards in line with the present quality levels being marketed today and provide guidance in the effect DRIED FIG STANDARDS TO...
- Research articles 2001-05-14
- Canned fruits.(Markets)
- PEARS--USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service AMS is soliciting comments on the proposal to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned Pears, noted the Federal Register (July 21). AMS received two petitions, one from a grower cooperative, the ot PEARS--USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service AMS is soliciting...
- Research articles 2004-07-26
- NOTED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.(multiple brief articles)(Brief Article)
- CANNED CORN STANDARDS REVISED: USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is revising the United States Standards for Grades of Canned Whole Kernel Whole Grain Corn. Specifically, AMS is providing for the "individual attributes" procedure for CANNED CORN STANDARDS REVISED: USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is revising the...
- Research articles 1999-11-15
- NOTED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
- CANNED SWEET POTATO STANDARDS: Effective Aug. 31, 1998 the Agricultural Marketing Service of USDA is revising the U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned Sweet potatoes. AMS is lowering the recommended minimum drained weight averages of canned Sweet potatoCANNED SWEET POTATO STANDARDS: Effective Aug. 31, 1998 the ...
- Research articles 1998-08-03
- Frozen onions. (Noted In The Federal Register).(new standards for grades of frozen onions)(Brief Article)
- FROZEN ONIONS: The Agricultural Marketing Service AMS of USDA is soliciting comments on its proposal to create new United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Onions. USDA received a petition from a trade association to create grade standards for FROZEN ONIONS: The Agricultural Marketing Service...
- Research articles 2003-03-17
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- The political economy of differentiating markets: facing reality inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Grade standards are dead! Long live grade standards! Although an exaggeration, elements of the analogy aptly relate to the role of the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA in the realm of commodity standards and grading. For many years, commodity grade standards have been declared obsolete or irrelevant due to long-standing...
- Research articles 2003-08-01
- "There's Metals in Them Thar Plants!".
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 June 2000-US ARS: "There's Metals in Them Thar Plants!" C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22062000 Miners might have been better off farming plants rather than digging pits for high-grade ores. U.S. Department of Agriculture agronomist Rufus L....
- Research articles 2000-06-22
- USDA: USDA issues 1998 price support grade loan rates for dark air-cured and fire-cured tobaccos.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 November 1998-USDA: USDA issues 1998 price support grade loan rates for dark air-cured and fire-cured tobaccos C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:231198 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation CCC today issued price support grade loan rates for the...
- Research articles 1998-11-24
- USDA: USDA issues 1998 price support grade loan rates for Virginia fire- and sun-cured tobaccos.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 November 1998-USDA: USDA issues 1998 price support grade loan rates for Virginia fire- and sun-cured tobaccos C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:231198 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation CCC today issued price support grade loan rates for the...
- Research articles 1998-11-24
- USDA: USDA announces 1999-crop flue-cured tobacco grade loan rates.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 July 1999-USDA: USDA announces 1999-crop flue-cured tobacco grade loan rates C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:060799 Washington -- The U. S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation today announced grade loan rates for the 1999-crop of flue-cured tobacco, based on...
- Research articles 1999-07-07
- USDA: USDA issues 1998 grade loan rates for cigar binder types 54-55 tobacco.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 December 1998-USDA: USDA issues 1998 grade loan rates for cigar binder types 54-55 tobacco C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:241298 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation today announced price support loan rates for the grades of 1998...
- Research articles 1998-12-28
- STANDARDS FOR FROZEN PEAS.(set by Agricultural Marketing Service of U.S. Department of Agriculture)(Brief Article)
- STANDARDS FOR FROZEN PEAS: The Agricultural Marketing Service of USDA has revised its grade standards for frozen field peas and frozen black-eye peas. Specifically, USDA is providing for the "individual attributes" procedure for product gra STANDARDS FOR FROZEN PEAS: The Agricultural Marketing Service of USDA...
- Research articles 2001-11-19
- Assuring food safety in food processing: The future regulatory environment for food-grade lubricants
- Technical Paper Regulatory changes in the food industry affect the food-grade lubricant market of the future. The U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Food Safety and Inspection System FSIS - in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration FDA - long maintained a system of oversight by granting...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- Feds Sued for Shutting Cosmetics Out of Organic Program >
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> A consumers group and an organic soap company are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA to keep access to the National Organic Program for qualifying non-food products. The Organic Consumers Association and Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps / Dr. Bronner's & Sun Dog's Magic,...
- Research articles 2005-06-14
- Finding Your Way Around the Food-grade Lubricants Maze
- Feel like you're in a maze without a map when you are trying to figure out the regulations and registrations that impact nonfood compounds such as lubricants? Here are some tips to help you find your way around. Background Historically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA approved incidental food contact...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Madera County, Calif., Sets Road Projects.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Aug. 30--A road project in Oakhurst and an assisted-living home in Madera Ranchos received more than $450,000 in loans through a federal agency Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development project gave a low-interest loan of $344,445 to Madera County's road department to...
- Research articles 2000-09-03
- Steakhouse operators face rising beef costs
- CHICAGO -- Steakhouse operators are facing more expensive prices for beef, especially Prime-grade products, compounding already high prices caused by increased demand for U.S. beef following the discovery of mad-cow disease in Canada. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted early in the year that prices could reach record levels because...
- Research articles 2003-06-23
- Central Signal, LLC
- Central Signal, LLC, was awarded a $350,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a prototype and conduct additional tests on a magnetic sensor that would be used to detect train movements in an attempt to improve safety at rural grade crossings.
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- Grad heads back home
- Phyllis Johnson came to Grand Forks from Grafton, N.D., when she was in second grade. She logged more than half a dozen years at UND, as an undergraduate and Ph.D.. student, then 14 more as an employee near campus at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Center. Johnson left...
- Research articles 2008-01-18
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