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USDA to amend shell egg regulations
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to amend its regulations governing the voluntary shell egg grading program. The proposed revisions would add definitions that describe the official identification and packaging of shell eggs. For more information, see the Federal Register of June 2 (FR 69 31039-31045).

AMS to revise pepper standards
AMS is soliciting comments on the possible revision to the U.S. Standards for Grades of Sw…