Potato Growers, Shippers Advised On Labeling Seed Potatoes
If you market seed potatoes,
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture recommends that
you familiarize yourself with the
new U.S. grade standards for
seed potatoes to avoid
mislabeling.
Use of the new grade standards
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are marked as to grade the
labeling must be accurate.
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says seed potatoes packed in
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bags labeled “U.S. No. 1” and
failing to meet the higher
requirements of the U.S. grade
standards for table-stock
potatoes, will be considered as
mislabeled under the Federal
law. Simply attaching tags to
show the potatoes are of seed
grade will not correct this.
The new grade standards for
seed potatoes went into effect in
April. AMS points out that the
grade was intended for seed
potatoes, not those for table use.
The seed potatoes packed under
this grade should be in bags
labeled, “U.S. No. 1 Seed” or U.S.
No. 1 Seed Potatoes,” or be un
marked as to grade.
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seed potatoes can have more of
certain defects than table
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potatoes. In the past, most seed
potatoes were shipped under
State seed grades that required
the potatoes to meet U.S. No. 1
table requirements. These seed
potatoes were generally shipped
in bags marked U.S. No. 1, with
State certified tags attached. If
diverted from seed to table use,
the potatoes would meet U.S. No.
1 quality standards for table
potatoes.
Most seed tags now in use
contain the marking, “U.S. No.
1,” as a separate, distinct item. If
these tags are used on U.S. No. 1
seed grade potatoes, AMS warns,
it will be considered a
misrepresentation, unless the
potatoes also meet the higher
requirements of the U.S. No. 1
table grade. The tags should be
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1972 —
redesigned to show U.S. No. 1
SEED (or U.S No. 1 SEED
POTATOES) in one word group
of the same size printing if they
are to be used for the U.S. No. 1
seed grade.
When potatoes are marked as
to grade, the labeling as to grade
must be accurate, as required by
the PAC Act. Other Federal and
State laws require the name and
address of the packer or
distributor, the product, and th
net weight of the contents to be
shown.
Grade Standard
Proposed for
Nest-Run Eggs
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture has proposed
establishment of a standard for
yield grade of unwashed, unsized
eggs.
The standard would be used to
predict what the grade and size of
these eggs—called nest run
eggs— would be after washing,
grading, and sizing.
Commercial flocks are now
generally made up of birds of
uniform age and breeding. Such
flocks produce eggs relatively
uniform in weight and quality,
making it feasible to provide
sample grading of nest run eggs.
Sample grading, based on the
proposed standard, would make
it possible to buy and sell eggs
based on size and quality without
the time and expense of an initial
grading and packaging followed
by another grading prior to final
sale.
As with all services provided in
USDA’s Federal-State egg
grading program, sample
grading of nest run eggs would be
voluntary and paid for by the
user.
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