[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12430]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Docket  FV-03-335]


United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Onions

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Reopening and extension of the comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the comment period on the proposed 
new United States Standard for Grades of Frozen Onions is reopened and 
extended.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before June 12, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to: Chere L. Shorter, 
Processed Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural 
Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 0247, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20250-0247; fax (202) 690-
1087; or e-mail [email protected]. Comments should reference the 
date and page of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments 
received will be made available for public inspection at the address 
listed above during regular business hours and on the Internet. The 
draft of the United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Onions is 
available either through the address cited above or by accessing the 
AMS website on the Internet at: www.ams.usda.gov/fv/ ppb.html. Any 
comments received, regarding this proposed standard will also be posted 
on that site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chere L. Shorter at (202) 720-5021 or 
e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice was published in the Federal 
Register (on March 12, 2003, Page 11801-11802) requesting comments on a 
proposed United States Standard for Grades of Frozen Onions. The action 
would create grade standards for frozen onions that will include a 
description of the product, style, grades, ascertaining the grade by 
sample, and ascertaining the grade by lot. The proposed standard would 
provide a common language for trade, a means of measuring value in the 
marketing of frozen onions.
    A major trade association, American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) 
representing frozen food processors, requested that additional time be 
provided for interested persons to comment on the proposed standard. 
AFFI believes that extending the comment period will enable enough time 
to assemble all the comments from their members and to reach a 
consensus among the many processors in their membership. After 
reviewing the request, the Department is reopening and extending the 
common period in order to allow sufficient time for all interested 
persons to file comments. This notice provides for an additional 30 day 
comment period for interested parties to comment on the standards.

    Dated: May 13, 2003.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Services.
[FR Doc. 03-12430 Filed 5-16-03; 8:45 am]
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