82 FR 31551 - United States Standards for Beans
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 129 (July 7, 2017)
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 129 (July 7, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-14309 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 31551-31552] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-14309] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration United States Standards for Beans AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA. ACTION: Final notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This action is being taken under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, (AMA). The Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is revising the United States Standards for Beans to (1) establish a class and grade requirement chart for ``chickpea,'' also known as ``garbanzo bean,'' and (2) establish a new grade determining factor, definition, factor limits, and visual reference image for ``contrasting chickpeas.'' GIPSA believes these revisions will help facilitate the marketing of chickpeas and improve the application of the standards. DATES: Effective Date: August 1, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly A. Whalen at USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, 10383 N. Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64153; Telephone (816) 659-8410; Fax Number (816) 872-1258; email Beverly.A.Whalen@usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 203(c) of the AMA (7 U.S.C. 1622(c)), directs and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture ``To develop and improve standards of quality, condition, quantity, grade, and packaging and recommend and demonstrate such standards in order to encourage uniformity and consistency in commercial practices.'' GIPSA is committed to carrying out this authority in a manner that facilitates the marketing of agricultural commodities. Under the AMA, GIPSA establishes and maintains standards for graded commodities including rice, whole dry peas, split peas, feed peas, lentils, and beans. The AMA standards are voluntary and widely used in private contracts, government procurement, marketing communication, and/or consumer information. The standards serve as a common trading language to define commodity quality in the domestic and global marketplace. Background GIPSA engages in regular outreach with stakeholders to ensure commodity standards maintain relevance with the modern market. Chickpea industry stakeholders include the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council (USADPLC), a national organization of producers, processors, and exporters of U.S. dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas; the U.S. Dry Pea and Lentil Trade Association (USPLTA), a national association representing processors, traders, handlers and merchandisers, and transporters in the pea, lentil and chickpea industry; and the US Dry Bean Council (USDBC) representing the U.S. dry bean industry, including growers, shippers, dealers, canners, and local and regional trade associations. The United States Standards for Beans are available on GIPSA's public Web site at: http://www.gipsa.usda.gov/fgis/standards/Bean-Standards.pdf. USDPLC and USPLTA reviewed the United States Standards for Beans, which were last revised in 2008. Currently, chickpeas are graded under the Miscellaneous Bean standard. This is confusing to the market because GIPSA issues an ``AMA Commodity Inspection Certificate'' providing the commonly accepted commercial name, ``chickpea'' or ``garbanzo'' as the class on the certificate grade line. Specifically, industry stakeholders asked GIPSA to (1) establish a class and grade requirement chart for ``chickpeas,'' (2) use the terms ``chickpeas'' and ``garbanzo beans'' interchangeably, and (3) establish a new grade determining factor, definition, factor limits, and visual reference image for ``contrasting chickpeas.'' GIPSA provides official inspection procedures for beans in the Bean [[Page 31552]] Handbook, found on GIPSA's public Web site at: https://www.gipsa.usda.gov/fgis/handbook/BeanHB/BeanHandbook_2016-02-23.pdf. Establishment of Class ``Chickpeas'' and Grade Requirements The stakeholders jointly recommended that GIPSA establish a new class and grade requirement chart for ``chickpea,'' and also recommended a new grade determining factor, definition, and factor limits for grades No's 1, 2, and 3 for ``contrasting chickpeas.'' GIPSA and these stakeholders collaborated to develop a visual reference image that best reflects the ``contrasting chickpeas'' condition. Additionally, the stakeholders endorsed the following definition: Contrasting chickpeas are chickpeas that differ substantially in shape or color. Comment Review GIPSA published a Notice in the Federal Register on May 15, 2017 (82 FR 22306), inviting interested parties to comment on the proposed revisions to the U.S. Standards for Beans. One comment was received, which was supportive of proposed revisions. GIPSA did not receive adverse comments. Accordingly, the bean standards are revised as published in this final notice, with a technical correction in the table in new Section 135. Section 135 is corrected to remove footnote 3 that appeared in the May 15, 2017, Notice for Comment inviting public comment. The footnote stated ``\3\ Beans with more than 5.0 percent contrasting chickpeas are graded mixed beans.'' The footnote was errantly included in the table. Contrasting chickpeas are not counted toward mixed beans, thus the footnote should not have appeared in the table. GIPSA believes these revisions will facilitate the use of the standards and better reflect current marketing practices. The revisions to the standards are effective August 1, 2017. The Bean Handbook will be revised to incorporate the revisions to the standards. Final Action GIPSA is revising the bean standards to (1) establish a class and grade requirement chart for chickpeas, and (2) establish a new grade determining factor, definition, factor limits, and visual reference image for contrasting chickpeas. Under Terms Defined: Section 102, Classes, is amended to include Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans). A new Section 122 is added. Contrasting chickpeas are chickpeas that differ substantially in shape or color. Under Principles Governing Application of the Standards: Current Sections 122, 123, and 124 are renumbered to 123, 124, and 125 with no change to the text. Under Grades, Grade Requirements, Grade Designations, Special Grades, and Special Grade Requirements: Current Sections 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 are renumbered to 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, with no change to the text. A new Section 135, Grade and grade requirements for the class Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans) is added. Current Sections 134 and 135 are renumbered to 136 and 137, respectively, with no change to the text. 135 Grades and Grade Requirements for the Class Chickpea [Garbanzo bean] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent maximum limits of-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total defects Foreign material (total -------------------------------- damaged, Grade total foreign Contrasting Contrasting Moisture \1\ material, Total damaged Total classes \2\ chickpeas contrasting (including Stones classes, & stones) splits) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. No. 1.............................. 18.0 2.0 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.0 U.S. No. 2.............................. 18.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 0.4 1.0 2.0 U.S. No. 3.............................. 18.0 6.0 6.0 1.5 0.6 2.0 5.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Substandard are beans that do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. No. 1 through U.S. No. 3 or U.S. Sample grade. Beans that are not well screened must also be U.S. Substandard, except for beans that meet the requirements for U.S. Sample grade. U.S. Sample grade are beans that are musty, sour, heating, materially weathered, or weevily; have any commercially objectionable odor; contain insect webbing or filth, animal filth, any unknown foreign substance, broken glass, or metal fragments; or are otherwise of distinctly low quality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Beans with more than 18.0 percent moisture are graded high moisture. \2\ Beans with more than 2.0 percent contrasting classes are graded mixed beans. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627. Randall D. Jones, Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. [FR Doc. 2017-14309 Filed 7-6-17; 8:45 a.m.] BILLING CODE 3410-KD-P
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607 GRADES AND GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCKAGE-FREE LENTILS
Grades U.S. Nos.
Grading factors
1 2 3
Defective Lentils
Total 1 .................................................................................................................................... 2.0 3.5 5.0
Weevil-Damaged Lentils ....................................................................................................... 0.3 0.8 0.8
Heat-Damaged Lentils .......................................................................................................... 0.2 0.5 1.0
Foreign Material
Total 2 .................................................................................................................................... 0.2 0.5 0.5
Stones ................................................................................................................................... 0.1 0.2 0.2
Skinned Lentils ............................................................................................................................ 4.0 7.0 10.0
Wrinkled Lentils 3 ......................................................................................................................... 5.0 10.0 >10.0
Contrasting Lentils 4 ..................................................................................................................... 2.0 4.0 <4.0
Inconspicuous Admixture ............................................................................................................. 0.5 0.8 1.0
Minimum Requirements for Color ................................................................................................ Good Fair Poor
U.S. Sample grade are lentils that:
(a) Do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, or 3; or
(b) Contain more than 14.0 percent moisture, live weevils, or other live insects, metal fragments, broken glass, or a commercially objectionable
odor; or
(c) Are materially weathered, heating, or distinctly low quality.
1 Defective lentils total is weevil-damaged, heat-damaged, damaged, and split lentils combined.
2 Foreign material total includes stones.
3 Lentils with more than 10.0 percent wrinkled lentils shall grade no higher than U.S. No. 3.
4 Lentils with more than 4.0 percent contrasting lentils shall grade no higher than U.S. No. 3.
Section 609, Special grades and marketing of chickpeas and improve the stakeholders include the USA Dry Pea
requirements, is amended to include the application of the standards. and Lentil Council (USADPLC), a
following definition: DATES: Effective Date: August 1, 2017. national organization of producers,
Green lentils are clear seeded (non- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: processors, and exporters of U.S. dry
mottled) lentils possessing a natural, Beverly A. Whalen at USDA, GIPSA, peas, lentils, and chickpeas; the U.S.
uniformly green color. FGIS, 10383 N. Ambassador Drive, Dry Pea and Lentil Trade Association
Kansas City, Missouri 64153; Telephone (USPLTA), a national association
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
(816) 659–8410; Fax Number (816) 872– representing processors, traders,
Randall D. Jones, 1258; email Beverly.A.Whalen@ handlers and merchandisers, and
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, usda.gov. transporters in the pea, lentil and
Packers and Stockyards Administration. chickpea industry; and the US Dry Bean
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
[FR Doc. 2017–14308 Filed 7–6–17; 8:45 am] Council (USDBC) representing the U.S.
203(c) of the AMA (7 U.S.C. 1622(c)),
dry bean industry, including growers,
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shippers, dealers, canners, and local and
Agriculture ‘‘To develop and improve
regional trade associations.
standards of quality, condition,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE quantity, grade, and packaging and The United States Standards for Beans
recommend and demonstrate such are available on GIPSA’s public Web
Grain Inspection, Packers and site at: http://www.gipsa.usda.gov/fgis/
standards in order to encourage
Stockyards Administration standards/Bean-Standards.pdf.
uniformity and consistency in
commercial practices.’’ GIPSA is USDPLC and USPLTA reviewed the
United States Standards for Beans United States Standards for Beans,
committed to carrying out this authority
in a manner that facilitates the which were last revised in 2008.
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Currently, chickpeas are graded under
Stockyards Administration, USDA. marketing of agricultural commodities.
Under the AMA, GIPSA establishes the Miscellaneous Bean standard. This
ACTION: Final notice. and maintains standards for graded is confusing to the market because
commodities including rice, whole dry GIPSA issues an ‘‘AMA Commodity
SUMMARY: This action is being taken peas, split peas, feed peas, lentils, and Inspection Certificate’’ providing the
under the authority of the Agricultural beans. The AMA standards are commonly accepted commercial name,
Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, voluntary and widely used in private ‘‘chickpea’’ or ‘‘garbanzo’’ as the class
(AMA). The Department of Agriculture’s contracts, government procurement, on the certificate grade line.
(USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and marketing communication, and/or Specifically, industry stakeholders
Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is consumer information. The standards asked GIPSA to (1) establish a class and
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revising the United States Standards for serve as a common trading language to grade requirement chart for
Beans to (1) establish a class and grade define commodity quality in the ‘‘chickpeas,’’ (2) use the terms
requirement chart for ‘‘chickpea,’’ also domestic and global marketplace. ‘‘chickpeas’’ and ‘‘garbanzo beans’’
known as ‘‘garbanzo bean,’’ and (2) interchangeably, and (3) establish a new
establish a new grade determining Background grade determining factor, definition,
factor, definition, factor limits, and GIPSA engages in regular outreach factor limits, and visual reference image
visual reference image for ‘‘contrasting with stakeholders to ensure commodity for ‘‘contrasting chickpeas.’’
chickpeas.’’ GIPSA believes these standards maintain relevance with the GIPSA provides official inspection
revisions will help facilitate the modern market. Chickpea industry procedures for beans in the Bean
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Handbook, found on GIPSA’s public comment was received, which was requirement chart for chickpeas, and (2)
Web site at: https:// supportive of proposed revisions. establish a new grade determining
www.gipsa.usda.gov/fgis/handbook/ GIPSA did not receive adverse factor, definition, factor limits, and
BeanHB/BeanHandbook_2016-02- comments. Accordingly, the bean visual reference image for contrasting
23.pdf. standards are revised as published in chickpeas.
this final notice, with a technical Under Terms Defined:
Establishment of Class ‘‘Chickpeas’’
correction in the table in new Section Section 102, Classes, is amended to
and Grade Requirements
135. include Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans).
The stakeholders jointly Section 135 is corrected to remove A new Section 122 is added.
recommended that GIPSA establish a footnote 3 that appeared in the May 15, Contrasting chickpeas are chickpeas
new class and grade requirement chart 2017, Notice for Comment inviting that differ substantially in shape or
for ‘‘chickpea,’’ and also recommended public comment. The footnote stated color.
a new grade determining factor, ‘‘3 Beans with more than 5.0 percent Under Principles Governing
definition, and factor limits for grades contrasting chickpeas are graded mixed Application of the Standards:
No’s 1, 2, and 3 for ‘‘contrasting beans.’’ The footnote was errantly Current Sections 122, 123, and 124
chickpeas.’’ GIPSA and these included in the table. Contrasting are renumbered to 123, 124, and 125
stakeholders collaborated to develop a chickpeas are not counted toward mixed with no change to the text.
visual reference image that best reflects beans, thus the footnote should not have Under Grades, Grade Requirements,
the ‘‘contrasting chickpeas’’ condition. appeared in the table. Grade Designations, Special Grades,
Additionally, the stakeholders endorsed GIPSA believes these revisions will and Special Grade Requirements:
the following definition: Contrasting facilitate the use of the standards and Current Sections 125, 126, 127, 128,
chickpeas are chickpeas that differ better reflect current marketing 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 are renumbered
substantially in shape or color. practices. The revisions to the standards to 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133,
are effective August 1, 2017. The Bean 134, with no change to the text.
Comment Review
Handbook will be revised to incorporate A new Section 135, Grade and grade
GIPSA published a Notice in the the revisions to the standards. requirements for the class Chickpeas
Federal Register on May 15, 2017 (82 (Garbanzo Beans) is added.
FR 22306), inviting interested parties to Final Action Current Sections 134 and 135 are
comment on the proposed revisions to GIPSA is revising the bean standards renumbered to 136 and 137,
the U.S. Standards for Beans. One to (1) establish a class and grade respectively, with no change to the text.
135 GRADES AND GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLASS CHICKPEA
[Garbanzo bean]
Percent maximum limits of—
Total defects
(total dam- Foreign material
Grade aged, Total Contrasting Contrasting
Moisture 1 total foreign damaged classes 2 chickpeas
material, con- Total
trasting class- (including Stones
es, & splits) stones)
U.S. No. 1 .................... 18.0 2.0 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.0
U.S. No. 2 .................... 18.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 0.4 1.0 2.0
U.S. No. 3 .................... 18.0 6.0 6.0 1.5 0.6 2.0 5.0
U.S. Substandard are beans that do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. No. 1 through U.S. No. 3 or U.S. Sample grade. Beans that
are not well screened must also be U.S. Substandard, except for beans that meet the requirements for U.S. Sample grade.
U.S. Sample grade are beans that are musty, sour, heating, materially weathered, or weevily; have any commercially objectionable odor; con-
tain insect webbing or filth, animal filth, any unknown foreign substance, broken glass, or metal fragments; or are otherwise of distinctly low
quality.
1 Beans with more than 18.0 percent moisture are graded high moisture.
2 Beans with more than 2.0 percent contrasting classes are graded mixed beans.
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| Dates | Effective Date: August 1, 2017. | |
| Contact | Beverly A. Whalen at USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, 10383 N. Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64153; Telephone (816) 659-8410; Fax Number (816) 872-1258; email [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 31551 |
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