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APHIS Releases Minutes of 2012 Stakeholder Conference
August 30, 2012 by Brian Feito|USDA

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service released the minutes of its 2012 Agriculture Stakeholder Conference: Pests, Pathways and Partnerships, held in Riverdale, Calif., on July 18-19. Each day featured a panel discussion on a particular issue followed by three breakout sessions looking at each issue through the plant pest, animal disease, or trade/industry perspective. The panels and breakout sessions covered the following subjects:

Topics:Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Codex Wants Comments on New Work Toward Processed Cheese Standard
August 29, 2012 by Brian Feito|USDA

The Codex Secretariat issued a Circular Letter (CL 2012/24-CAC) requesting comments and information by Feb. 28, 2013, on gaps in the safety and quality provisions of Codex texts to justify new work on a standard for processed cheese, said the Food Safety and Inspection Service. The 2012 Codex Commission agreed to discontinue work on a standard, but in response to concerns raised by some countries, agreed to seek input on gaps that Codex would need to address. Interested parties in the U.S. should submit their comments to: USCodex@fsis.usda.gov; interested parties in other countries should submit their comments directly to the Codex Secretariat at: codex@fao.org.

Codex Working Group to Consider Organic Food Guidelines, Ethylene Inhibition
August 28, 2012 by Brian Feito|USDA

The Codex Committee on Food Labeling invited member countries and observer organizations to participate in an electronic working group to review proposals for substances for inclusion in the Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labeling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (CAC/GL 32-1999), said the Food Safety and Inspection Service. The work group, co-chaired by the U.S. and Cameroon, will further consider the use of ethylene for sprout inhibition in potatoes and onions. Member countries and observer organizations interested in participating in this eWG should provide the name(s), official title, and email address of their representative(s) to USCodex@fsis.usda.gov and jeanine_nkodo@yahoo.fr by Sept. 7, 2012.

AMS Increases Assessment for Imported Upland Cotton
August 27, 2012 by Brian Feito|USDA

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations by increasing the value assigned to imported cotton for calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. The current total assessment on imported cotton is $0.012665 per kilogram of imported cotton. The new total assessment, effective Sept. 27, is $0.014109 per kilogram, an increase of $0.001444 per kilogram. According to AMS, this increase reflects the increase in the average weighted price of Upland Cotton Received by U.S. Farmers during the period January through December 2011. AMS also changed, effective Sept. 27, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule statistical reporting numbers that were amended since the last assessment adjustment.