832—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 2,1981.
DECATUR, Ga. - USDA’s Food
Safety and Quality Service
published the proposed rules on
shell egg grades and standards in
the April 17 Federal Register,
reports Cathy McCharen, United
Egg Producers. The proposed
changes were based on comments
received from the advance notice
published last May.
“Comments from egg producers.
Migrant farm work meeting set for June 4
NORFOLK, Va. Agricultural
employers are invited to par
ticipate in a public meeting to
comment on laws and programs
administered by the U.S. Labor
Department that impact on the use
of migrant farm workers.
Three Labor Department
Elizabethville heifer brings top bid
LANCASTER - A 2-year-old
Guernsey bred heifer, consigned
by Calvin Mauser, R 1
Elizabethville, brought the top bid
of $1856 from buyer Paul Kline of
Uttica, Ohio during the 321st
Special Guernsey Sale
Bred to West Maltas Deacons
Brutus, the heifer was sired by
Hausleys Dan Fayvor, out of
Terhn Sadie, classified 83
A consignment from and
Hunters compile
best record ever
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
hunters compiled one of the best
safety records ever during 1980,
according to the final annual
tabulation made by the Game
Commission.
Statistics indicate last year there
were seven fatal hunting ac
cidents, the lowest number since
record-keeping began m Penn
sylvania in 1915.
In 1915, there were about a
quarter million licensed hunters in
the state. In 1980, there were more
than a million and a quarter
licensed hunters in the Keystone
State. The total number of hunting
related accidents in Pennsylvania
in 1980 was 201.
Hunting mishaps in the state
have been declining rapidly since
1968, when there were 530 ac
cidents. Game Commission safety
officials believe the reduction has
been largely due to hunter
education courses and the increase
use of fluorescent orange material
by hunters.
Since 1969, it has been man
datory for all first-time hunters
under the age of 16 to satisfactorily
complete a hunter education
POWER
UEP reports proposed shell egg grading changes
packers, distributors, trade
organizations, state agriculture
departments, and consumers
mostly agreed that review of
standards were long overdue and
the proposed changes were
reasonable and necessary, with
one exception,” says McCharen.
“The elimination of grade AA
was questioned since it wouldn’t
eliminate AA undpr <!tetp ppo Inwc
agencies will sponsor the meeting,
scheduled for June 4 at 1 p.m. in
the Holiday Inn Scope, Norfolk,
Va. The session is for farm
operators, crew leaders and
workers in the Labor Depart
ment’s Region 111, covering
Virginia, Delaware.
Kathleen Benton,
brought the second high bid of
$lBOO. The 7-year-old cow was
purchased by George Aaronson,
Columbus, New Jersey. Her 346
day lactation record as a 5-year
old with twice a day milking was
15,762 pounds milk and 743 pounds
fat.
With a bid of $1750, breeder and
consignor L Ivins Smith, New
Hope, sold his 2-year-old Guernsey
heifer to Herman Ginder, Jr, of
course before being eligible to
purchase a hunting license.
Last year, for the first time,
hunters were required to wear
fluorescent orange material while
hunting bear and deer during the
regular big game firearms
seasons, and while hunting
woodchucks. Woodchuck hunters
must wear at least 100 square
inches of fluorescent orange (a cap
contains 100 square inches) on the
head, while big game hunters must
wear at least 100 square inches of
fluorescent orange on the head, or
on the chest and back combined.
During 1980, there were sixteen
persons shot in mistake for game.
Fifteen of these persons were not
wearing clothing of a conspicuous
color, while the remaining person
was wearing red.
Prior to last year, the lowest
number of hunting accident
fatalities on record was ten, a
mark established in 1977.
About 10,000 farms accounted for
one fourth of all hog sales m 1979.
There are still many small ef
ficient swine operations in the U.S.
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Division of Leonard Martin Company
and would create an economic
hardship to producers and
retailers who market this grade.
The Department decided not to
propose eliminating grade AA but
did propose' modifications in
tolerances at destination for this
grade.”
The proposed rule would make
the following changes in the
voluntary shell egg grading
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
Washington, D.C.
Representatives will be on hand
from the Department’s Em
ployment Standards Ad
ministration, Employment and
Training Administration and
Mt. Joy. The heifer was sired by
Kellogg Minnies Choice, out of
Shady Ixicust Doras Dixie.
Out of the 111 head of Guernseys
sold at the 321st, nine head brought
over $lOOO. They averaged $650.
There were 109 registered animals
sold, and on?' 'cades.
regulations, according
Federal Register notice:
* Eliminate the C quality
classification for individual eggs.
* Eliminate three wholesale
grades - U.S. Trades, U.S. Dirties,
and U.S. Checks - and the two U.S.
Procurement grades.
* Eliminate the consumer grade
Fresh Fancy Quality and Grade A
Quality control programs.
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration. Each oversees
programs affecting migrant farm
workers and their employers, such
as housing standards, wages and
working conditions and farm labor
contractor registration.
Topics will include efforts to
clarify regulatory requirements,
protection of workers in the
migrant stream and rights and
responsibilities of growers, crew
leaders and laborers.
Those interested in more in
formation about the meeting may
contact John Dower, regional
monitor advocate, P.O. Box 8796,
Philadelphia, Pa. 19101 (phone:
21&-596-6411).
* Increase the tolerance for
undergrade eggs. Raise tolerances
for Checked eggs at destination fofj )
all egg sizes and for Jumbo size
eggs at origin. The tolerance for
leakers and Dirties at destination
would be slightly raised, and a
small tolerance for Dirties would
be provided at origin.
* The minimum percent of eggs
at a specified quality in consumer
grades at origin and destination
would be raised, except that the
percent of eggs of the specified
quality in Grade AA at destination
would be adjusted to more ac
curately reflect what is in the
marketplace.
* The definition of origin grading
would be clarified to indicate that
this is a grading made at a plant
where eggs are graded and
packed.
For more information, contact
UEP, 3951 Snapfinger Parkway,
Suite 580, Decatur, GA, 30035 for a
copy of the Federal Register
notice. Comments must be A
received on or before June 16. )
Send your written comments in
duplicate to: Regulations Coor
dination Division, Attn: Annie
Johnson, FSQS Compliance
Program, Room 2637, S.
Agriculture Building, Washington,
D.C.20250.
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