[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 52645]
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[FR Doc No: 04-19602]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Wheat Protein Calibration

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packer and Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) is announcing its intent to provide official protein content 
measurements for wheat using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) 
calibration on the official near-infrared transmittance (NIRT) 
instruments. GIPSA provides protein content measurement in wheat as 
official criteria under the authority of the United States Grain 
Standards Act.

DATES: Effective May 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven N. Tanner, Director, Technical 
Services Division, GIPSA, USDA, 10383 N. Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, 
Missouri 64153; telephone (816) 891-0401; fax (816) 891-0478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At present, GIPSA maintains individual 
partial least squares (PLS) calibrations to determine protein content 
for each of the six major classes of wheat--Hard Red Winter, Soft Red 
Winter, Soft White, Hard Red Spring, Hard White, and Durum. As part of 
GIPSA's on-going efforts to evaluate calibrations and programs, GIPSA 
has thoroughly evaluated the effect of switching from the current PLS 
calibrations to an ANN calibration. A single ANN calibration can be 
used for protein determinations in all six wheat classes. Comprehensive 
results of GIPSA's evaluation and other ANN-related information may be 
found on GIPSA's Web site at: http://www.usda.gov/gipsa.
    Based on its evaluation, GIPSA has decided to implement the new ANN 
wheat protein calibration on official NIRT instruments for all classes 
of wheat on May 1, 2005.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.

David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-19602 Filed 8-26-04; 8:45 am]
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