U.S. Grade Standards for Pecans in the Shell and Shelled Pecans

Docket Number: AMS-SC-21-0039
Effective Date: July 26, 2024

Summary

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is revising the U.S. Standards for Grades of Pecans in the Shell and the U.S. Standards for Grades of Shelled Pecans by replacing the current grades with U.S. Extra Fancy, U.S. Fancy, U.S. Choice, and U.S. Standard grades. In addition, AMS is updating terminology, definitions, and defect scoring guides.

Contact

Olivia Banks at the address above, or by phone (540) 361-1120; fax (540) 361-1199; or email Olivia.Banks@usda.gov. Copies of the proposed U.S. Standards for Grades for Pecans in the Shell and U.S. Standards for Grades of Shelled Pecans are available at https://www.regulations.gov. View copies of the current Nut Standards.

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