4-H leaders banquet set
HARRISBURG - The Lutheran Church,
second annual 4-H leaders Harrisburg,
banquet will be held Friday, For more information
March 30, at the Saint contact the Dauphin County
Mark’s Evangelical Extension Service at 717-652-
, 8460.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - A
proposal by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
would, for the first time,
require all private and state
official grain agencies to
provide testing services for
protein content of wheat.
The protein content of
wheat is the single most
important index of its value
for baking purposes.
Leland £. Bartelt, ad
ministrator of the depart
ment’s Federal Grain In
spection Service (FGIS),
said the added function
would take effect August 15,
if adopted. Official agencies
which inspect little or no
wheat may be exempted
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Bartelt said the proposal
would require inland official
agencies to be able to test for
protein in all classes of
wheat except mixed and
unclassed.
“The industry responded
favorably when FGIS began
offering protein testing
services for hard red Winter
and hard red Spring wheats
at export elevators in May
1978,” Bartelt said. “We
expect requests for official
protein testing services to
increase considerably when
testing is available at all
specified service points, and
is extended to soft red winter
durum and white wheats.”
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The proposal would also
require that only the near
infrared reflectance (NCR)
method be used to determine
official protein content in
wheat, effective May 1981.
Other approved testing
methods could be used until
then. Bartelt said the
requirement that only NCR
testing equipment be used to
determine protein content in
wheat should improve
nationwide uniformity.
Official agencies will be
responsible for training their
own employees to use ap
proved protein testing
devices. FGIS will provide
testing for official personnel
who wish to become licensed
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to perform wheat protein
testing.
To avoid public confusion,
after August 15, no official
agency would be permitted
to perform unofficial testing
for protein, except for mixed
and unclassed wheat. In
dependent laboratories
could continue to provide
unofficial protein testing
services for all classes of
wheat.
Comments on the
proposals should be sent, by
April 9, to the FGES Com
pliance Division, Room 2405,
Auditors Bldg., USDA,
Washington, D.C., 20205. The
proposal appeared in the
March 8 Federal Register.
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