United States Standards for Grades of Cauliflower

 

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to revise the United States Standards for Grades of Cauliflower. The current U.S. grade standards do not have provisions for grading purple, orange, or green cauliflower. The proposed revision would amend the color requirement to allow all colors of cauliflower to be certified to a U.S. grade. In addition, AMS proposes to amend the size requirement to allow curds less than 4 inches in diameter to be certified to a grade; to add marking requirements to sizes less than 4 inches in diameter; and, to remove the unclassified section.

 

 

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to the Standardization Branch, Specialty Crops Inspection Division, Specialty Crops Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Training and Development Center, Riverside Business Park, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, VA 22406; fax: (540) 361-1199; or, via the web at: www.regulations.gov. Comments should reference the dates and page number of this issue of the Federal Register and will be made available for public inspection in the above office during regular business hours. Comments can also be viewed as submitted, including any personal information you provide, on the www.regulations.gov Web site. A copy of the proposed revised United States Standards for Grades of Cauliflower is located at http://www.regulations.gov.

 

 

Dave Horner 

Standardization Branch, Specialty Crops Inspection Division

Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA

National Training and Development Center

Riverside Business Park, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101

Fredericksburg, VA  22406

Telephone: (540) 361-1128
Fax: (540) 361-1199

E-mail: Dave.Horner@ams.usda.gov