USDA Grain Inspection Advisory Committee to Meet

USDA Grain Inspection Advisory Committee to Meet

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has posted a notice that the AMS Grain Inspection Advisory Committee will meet in Kansas City, MO on August 15 and 16, 2019.  The Inspection Advisory Committee meets twice annually to advise AMS on the programs and services it delivers under the U.S. Grain Standards Act. This will be the first meeting of the Committee since September 2018. Recommendations by the committee help AMS to better meet the needs of its customers who operate in a dynamic and changing marketplace. The agenda will include updates an AMS rulemaking, discussion of organic labeling on Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) documents, and update and exemption on boundary exemptions and other relevant topics.

The current makeup of the Advisory Committee is as follows:

Ms. Janice Cooper (Chair) Mr. Chad Becnel
Ms. Sarah Sexton-Bowser Mr. Randall Burns
Mr. Nicholas Friant Mr. John Lindgren
Ms. Kia Mikesh Mr. John Morgan
Mr. Rick Robinette Mr. Bruce Sutherland
Ms. Linsey Moffit-Tobin Mr. Terry Peach
Dr. Errol Turnipseed Mr. Mark Watne
Mr. Jimmy Williams Mr. Aaron Anseuw (Alternate)
Ms. Patricia Dumoulin (Alternate)