AMS Proposes To Simplify 18 US Grade Standards for Canned Vegetables

The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to simplify 18 U.S. grade standards for canned vegetables by switching to from a “dual nomenclature” to a single grade nomenclature, it said (here). Under the proposed change, for example, “U.S. Fancy” and “U.S. Extra Standard” would be removed from the regulations, leaving only the terms “Grade A” and “Grade B” for these grades, respectively. The change would affect grade standards for asparagus, beets, carrots, chili sauce, cream corn, hominy, leafy greens, okra, okra and tomatoes, onions, peas and carrots, field and black-eye peas, pimientos, pumpkin, sauerkraut, spinach, summer squash and succotash. Comments are due Aug. 16.