AMS Proposes to Amend Maturity Requirements for Imported Avocados
The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to amend its requirements for the maturity of imported avocados, as well as avocados grown in South Florida, it said Aug. 12. Under the proposal, the beginning and end dates of annual maturity shipping…
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schedules would run April 16 to April 15 of the following year, with the exception of requirements or Guatemalan avocados, which would run June 9 to June 8 the following year. AMS says new varieties of avocados harvested in the spring have generated confusion as to which maturity schedules may apply to a given shipment. Under Section 8e of the Agricultural Marketing Act, imported avocados must conform to the same maturity, size and grade requirements as those set by certain domestic marketing orders, including for avocados.