federal_register: 00-30140
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| 00-30140 | Request for Public Comments on How USDA Can Best Facilitate the Marketing of Grains, Oilseeds, Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts in Today's Evolving Marketplace | Proposed Rule | The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) invites comments from producers, handlers, processors, food manufacturers, exporters, consumers, scientists, industry representatives, and other interested persons on how USDA can best facilitate the marketing of grains, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, and nuts in a market that includes both crops derived from biotechnology and other crops. USDA is seeking comment on current and anticipated market practices, and on the feasibility of and need for USDA's involvement in quality assurance or other programs to facilitate the marketing of these products. This action is part of the Administration's biotechnology initiative announced last May. Its purpose is to lend order to the development of voluntary identity preservation and product segregation procedures to the extent they emerge from the private sector. (In the context of this notice, biotechnology refers to the use of recombinant DNA technology to alter or move genetic material for a plant to exhibit a desired trait.) Modern biotechnology may present new marketing opportunities as well as challenges. As biotechnology offers the possibility of accelerating the development of value-added crops, such as high oleic soybeans and beta-carotene-rich rice, producers as well as others in the marketing system may have an interest in maintaining the identity of the value-added crops. Based on consumer preferences and our trading partners' requirements, some food companies are already buying raw materials that are not derived from biotechnology, or requiring their suppliers to avoid use of biotechnology-derived varieties or identify them as such. This has resulted in some segments of the market differentiating biotechnology derived crops from other crops from farm to supermarket. In this evolving marketplace, USDA is exploring how it can continue to foster the marketing of U.S. grains, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, and nuts. | 2000-11-30 | 2000 | 11 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/11/30/00-30140/request-for-public-comments-on-how-usda-can-best-facilitate-the-marketing-of-grains-oilseeds-fruits | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-11-30/pdf/00-30140.pdf | Agriculture Department; Agricultural Marketing Service; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration | 12,9,218 | The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) invites comments from producers, handlers, processors, food manufacturers, exporters, consumers, scientists, industry representatives, and other interested persons on how USDA can best facilitate the... |