WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a notice called: Revising U.S. Standards for Grades of Mushrooms.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 10 by Erin Morris, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
Summary: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Mushrooms. The proposed changes would add a grade for portabella mushrooms, remove size from the criteria for each grade and create a separate section for size, and revise the tolerances for defects, consistent with modern production and handling practices. In addition, AMS proposes to update terminology, definitions, and defect scoring guides.
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