AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: REVISION OF SEVEN U.S. GRADE STANDARDS FOR CANNED TOMATO PRODUCTS

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a notice called: Revision of Seven U.S. Grade Standards for Canned Tomato Products.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 13 by Erin Morris, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.

Summary: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is revising seven U.S. grade standards for canned tomato products. AMS is updating the color sections in the grade standards, replacing the two-term grading system (dual-nomenclature) with a single term, and making editorial changes. AMS is also changing the spelling of "catsup" to the more commonly used term "ketchup."

For more information, contact Dana N. White, by phone at 202/720-5021; fax at 540/361-1199; or email to D...