AMS Amends Grade Standards for Lima Beans, Mushrooms, Pickles and Olives

The Agricultural Marketing Service is revising U.S. Standards for Grades of canned lima beans, canned mushrooms, pickles and green olives. Among the modernizing changes made by the final rule are the removal of the term “midget” and its replacement with “petite,” in the standards, as well as the elimination of dual nomenclature terms like “U.S. fancy” so that only a single term is used in each standard (i.e., “Grade A” or “Grade B”). The final rule takes effect May 20.