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  • 67 - Food technology
2018-10-12
2018-08-22

Processed vegetables Fruits. Vegetables (ICS 67.080).

United States Standards for Grades of Processed Vegetables (2 page(s), in English)

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned Lima Beans, U.S. Standards for Grades of Canned Mushrooms, U.S. Standards for Grades of Pickles, and U.S. Standards for Grades of Green Olives. AMS is proposing to replace the term "midget" with "petite" in the canned lima bean, canned mushroom, and pickle standards, and to remove "midget" completely from the green olive standards as there is an alternative term. AMS is also proposing to replace the two-term grading system (dual nomenclature) with a single term to describe each quality level in the canned lima bean, canned mushroom, and green olive standards. Editorial changes would also be made to the grade standards that conform to recent changes made in other grade standards.