The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is proposing to revise the regulations that cover the official grain inspection and weighing service procedures that GIPSA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) performs under the authority of the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended. Specifically, GIPSA proposes to update the regulations issued under the USGSA pertaining to grain exported in large reusable containers typically loaded onto export ships. GIPSA proposes to add new definitions of composite and average grades, limit the number of such containers that could be averaged or combined to form a single lot, restrict the inspection and weighing of such container lots to the official service provider’s area of responsibility, specify a 60-day retention period for file samples representing such container lots, and make consistent the weighing certification procedures for container lots with those for inspection certification procedures. GIPSA believes that these proposed revisions would enhance the integrity of the Federal grain export certification process and the uniformity of USDA-certified export grain shipped in large reusable containers as to grade, thus facilitating the marketing of all U.S. grain shipped for export.
Received Date:
July 18 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Start-End Page:
42067 - 42072
Comment Start Date:
July 18 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date:
September 16 2011, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Inspection and Weighing of Grain in Combined and Single Lots
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View AllSubmitter: Bradley, Christopher Posted: 09/13/2011 ID: GIPSA-2011-FGIS-0001-RULEMAKING-0002
Sep 16,2011 11:59 PM ET
Submitter: Sutter, Jim Posted: 09/13/2011 ID: GIPSA-2011-FGIS-0001-RULEMAKING-0003
Sep 16,2011 11:59 PM ET
Submitter: Reed, James Posted: 09/13/2011 ID: GIPSA-2011-FGIS-0001-RULEMAKING-0004
Sep 16,2011 11:59 PM ET
Submitter: DeLong, Bo Posted: 09/13/2011 ID: GIPSA-2011-FGIS-0001-RULEMAKING-0005
Sep 16,2011 11:59 PM ET
Submitter: McCluer, Jess Posted: 09/26/2011 ID: GIPSA-2011-FGIS-0001-RULEMAKING-0006
Sep 16,2011 11:59 PM ET
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