Notice2022-28392
United States Standards for Canola
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Published
December 29, 2022
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAgricultural Marketing Service
Abstract
This action is being taken under the authority of the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended, (USGSA). The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is making no changes regarding the United States (U.S.) Standards for Canola under the USGSA.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 249 (Thursday, December 29, 2022)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28392]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-FGIS-18-0053]
United States Standards for Canola
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This action is being taken under the authority of the United
States Grain Standards Act, as amended, (USGSA). The United States
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
is making no changes regarding the United States (U.S.) Standards for
Canola under the USGSA.
DATES: Applicability date: December 29, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Giese, USDA AMS; Telephone:
(816) 702-3926; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f8bf8a9d9f978a81d6b2d6bf919d8b9db88d8b9c99d69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="480f3a2d2f273a316602660f212d3b2d083d3b2c29662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4 of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 76(a))
grants the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to establish
standards for grain regarding kind, class, quality, and condition. AMS
published a request for information on June 29, 2018, in the Federal
Register (83 FR 30590), inviting interested parties to comment on
whether the current canola standards and grading practices needed to be
amended. Based on a request to extend the comment period, AMS reopened
the comment period in a Federal Register publication on October 2,
2018.
AMS received a total of eight comments, during two separate comment
periods, one of which requested that AMS extend the first comment
period. Two comments requested the establishment of a national
calibration for canola oil content to guarantee fair trade. Another
comment requested the establishment of a national monitoring program
for canola oil testing, to reduce the variability in canola oil
results.
In response to those comments, AMS notes that oil content is not a
grade determining factor in any of the United States Standards for
Grain. At this time, AMS has not received any comments that would
support adding oil content as a grading factor to the canola standards.
To pursue the development of standardized calibrations for analysis
such oil content, the oil content of a specific grain would need to be
identified as official criteria. AMS offers tests for official
criteria, but the results do not impact the grade. A notice to propose
official criteria must be published in the Federal Register (7 CFR
800.4). Because oil content is not an official criterion for canola,
AMS is not pursuing the establishment of a national monitoring program
for oil content.
AMS received one comment requesting the addition of erucic acid to
the U.S. Standards for Canola because of its effect on human health.
The commenter cited the English Centre for Food Safety as recommending
erucic acid not exceed 5 percent of the weight of the fatty acid in
oils. In response to this comment, AMS has already established, in the
canola standard, the maximum level of erucic acid in canola (7 CFR
810.301). Canola, by definition, must contain less than 2 percent
erucic acid in its fatty acid profile.
AMS received another comment from a stakeholder recommending the
table of Grades and Grade Requirements in the Canola Regulations be
changed to match the same table in Grain Inspection Handbook II,
Chapter 3 Canola. AMS has reviewed the tables and confirmed that the
information in the table of Grades and Grade Requirements is correct in
both the Regulations and the Handbook, with differences only in
formatting. AMS prefers the format of the table in the Regulations and
will format the layout of the table in the Handbook to match the
Regulations.
AMS received two additional comments, of which one was not germane
to the request for information, and another provided support for
retaining the Canola Standards without change, stating that they are
meeting their stated purpose.
Final Action
Based on the comments received, AMS-FGIS is making no changes to
the U.S Standards for Canola at this time.
(Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k)
Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-28392 Filed 12-28-22; 8:45 am]
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