STANDARDS FOR FROZEN PEAS.(set by Agricultural Marketing Service of U.S. Department of Agriculture)(Brief Article)

Food Institute Report, The, November, 2001

STANDARDS FOR FROZEN PEAS: The Agricultural Marketing Service of USDA has revised its grade standards for frozen field peas and frozen black-eye peas. Specifically, USDA is providing for the "individual attributes" procedure for product grading with sample sizes, acceptable quality levels, tolerances and acceptance numbers (number of allowable defects) in the grade standards.

This revision will also provide a uniform format consistent with other recently revised U.S. grade standards by adopting definitions for terms and replacing textual descriptions with easy-to-read tables and other editorial changes. These changes will improve use of the standards. For more information contact: Randle A. Macon, Processed Products Branch, USDA, (202) 720-5021. The current U.S....

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