Department of Agriculture

The Department of Agriculture outlined its approach in the 1986 Coordinated Framework and has subsequently published several statements of clarification and rule making. The central office within the 

Under the Federal Plant Pest Act the definition of a regulated article is the definition of the scope of the regulatory process. In the March 31,1993 notice a regulated article was defined as  

The revised procedures include a list of regulated articles which may be introduced without a permit, but simply following notification of the BBEP Director. Principally six plant species have been placed in the notification category, corn, cotton, potato, soybean, tobacco, and tomato. It is anticipated that additional plant species will be placed in this list as the USDA gains additional experience. In addition to being on the above list, a number of other criteria are necessary for a product to fall under the notification umbrella. The criteria are spelled out in great detail in the Federal Register notice. 

The Research and Education division of the Department of Agriculture had intended to develop its own set of guidelines for field research. However, in light of the effectiveness of the procedures then in effect, it announced that it had abandoned these earlier intentions. This then, leaves 

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Most states now have an aquaculture coordinator, usually housed in the state department of agriculture, who can assist prospective aquaculturists in finding a path through the permitting process. Anyone considering development of an aquaculture faciHty should become educated on the permitting process of the state or nation in which the faciHty will be developed. In cases where the process is involved, it should be initiated weU in advance of the anticipated time of actual faciHty constmction. 

O. Mickelsen and D. D. Makdani, Proceedings of the National Conference on Wheat Utilisation Research, ARS-NC-40, Agricultural Research Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1975. 

W. G. Heid, U.S. Wheat Industy, Agricultural Economics Report No. 432, U.S. Department of Agricultural Economics, Statistics and Cooperative Service, Washington, D.C., 1979. 

N. W. Childs, "The Changing Role of the United States in the World Rice Market," in U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rice Situation and Outlook Yearbook, Economic Research Service, RS-55, Washington, D.C., 1989. 

The U.S. Food and Dmg Administration regulates acetal resins intended for repeated contact with food. The FDA regulation for homopolymer is 21CFR 177.2480 and that for copolymer is 21CFR 177.2470. The U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates the use of acetal resins in contact with meat and poultry. 

Caffeine. About 3% by weight of the roasted coffee bean is caffeine (16). The second U.S. Department of Agriculture world coffee crop estimate for 1988—1989 was 4.24 x 10 kg (93.3 million 100-lb bags) (102). World coffee consumption was predicted to rise in the foreseeable future at the rate of 1—2% per year and thus the total amount of caffeine and related alkaloids ingested from this source can also be expected to increase. Caffeine and related bases (eg, theophylline) are also found in various teas but, because most of the major producers (India, China, etc) export relatively Htfle of thek crops and keep most for domestic consumption, accurate figures on year-to-year production are more difficult to obtain. Nevertheless, these crops are of significant economic import (103). 

Official Publication of Association of American Feed Control Offiicials, 1993, Association of American Feed Control Officials, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Capitol Square, Adanta, Ga. 

E. Larmond, Eaboratoy Methodsfor S ensory Evaluation of Food, pubhcation No. 1637, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, 1977. 

Eor the products under its jurisdiction, eg, meat and meat products, the United States Department of Agriculture (USD A) has requirements similar to those of the EDA. However, mustard and spices that impart color must always be listed separately onion and gadic powder may be listed simply as flavors. 

In the United States, novel food ingredients or food ingredients produced by novel processes must be cleared by the FDA. In the case of meat and poultry, novel ingredients must also be cleared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). 

Mention of a trademark or proprietary product is for identification only and does not imply a warranty or guarantee of the product by the U.S. Department of Agriculture over other products which may also be suitable. 

R. Kat2en Associates, Chemicals from Wood Wastes, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wise., Dec. 14,1975. 

Names are necessary to report factually on available data however, the U.S. Department of Agriculture neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of the product, and the use of the name by the U.S. Department of Agriculture imphes no approval of the product to the exclusion of others that may also be suitable. 

Each segment of the insulated wire and cable industry has its own set of standards, and cables are built to conform to specifications provided by a large variety of technical associations such as The Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineers (IEEE), The Insulated Cable Engineers Association, (ICEA), National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Rural Electrification Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (REA), Association of Edison Illumination Companies (AEIC), MiUtary Specifications of the Department of Defense (MIL), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), National Electrical Code (NEC), etc. 

Composition of Foods Raw, Processed, Prepared, Agricultural HandbookNo. 8-1 to 8-21, Washington, D.C., Consumer and Eood Economics Institute, United States Department of Agriculture, 1989 to 1992. 

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