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) |