NOTE: WITH THE START OF THE 2001-02 APPLE MARKETING
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A CHECK PAYABLE TO : MASSACHUSETTS
FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. AND MAIL TO THE ADDRESS STATED BELOW IN
THE AMOUNT OF $6.50 TO COVER POSTAGE.
MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
P.O. BOX 9632
AMHERST, MA.
01002
CALENDAR
MASSACHUSETTS PESTICIDE EXAM SCHEDULE
UMASS Eastern Extension Center—240 Beaver St.,
Waltham
NOVEMBER 16. Deadline for submitting application—NOVEMBER
9.
QUESTIONS CALL—617-626-1785.
REMINDER
Apples that are being shipped to
CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, IDAHO AND UTAH must be certified by the
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture, Bureau of Farm Products, to
have been in cold storage for a period of at least 40 days or more with
the temperature at 32 degrees F or less.
Apples in controlled atmosphere
must be in CA storage for a continuous period of 60 days with the
temperature at 38 degrees F or less and said storage room or building
has been approved as a controlled atmosphere facility by the proper authority.
Questions, call George Porter at
617-626-1800.
CANADIANS PLAN BAN ON 5-A-DAY PACK LOGOS
By Jim Offner
Packaging bearing the
5-a-Day logo that is bound for Canada will be stopped at the border and turned
away as of Dec. 1 if guidelines passed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA) are enforced.
The
agency has notified produce industry associations in both the U.S. and Canada
that, as a result of a recent label review, it had been determined that the
“Eat Fruit and Vegetables—5-a-Day—For Better Health” logo on prepackaged fresh
produce was not permissible in Canada.
As
a result, the Ottawa-based Canadian Produce Marketing Association is advising
U.S. industry members to cease including the U.S. logo on product shipped to
Canadian markets.
“The
enforcement action planned is clearly punitive to businesses providing high
quality, healthful products to Canadian consumers and will result in higher
costs to consumers, diminished product choices, and is an absurd overreaction
to a modest and positive label for consumers,” Tom Stenzel, president of
Va.-based United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, said in a letter to
Helen Zohar-Picciano, the CFIA’s acting chief of fresh produce inspection.
“The
CFIA is not protecting Canadian consumers from mislabeled ingredients,
undisclosed allergens, or false nutrition information,” Stenzel said. “Rather, this absurd regulatory action seeks
to protect consumers from eating five servings a day of fruits and vegetables.”
U.S.
shippers have until Dec. 1 to comply; after that, the Canadian government will
stop shipments of U.S. products bearing the logo at all border crossings.
“We
think that it’s possible that the Canadian agency doesn’t understand the
millions of dollars in packaging already printed for this crop year,” said
Kathy Means, vice president of Del.-based Produce Marketing Association, which
is attempting to work with other U.S. associations to work out a
compromise. “Once they understand that
it’s not easy to remedy, we are hopeful they will suspend this deadline. We believe it can cause significant trade
disruptions and impair the public health of Canada. Canada depends heavily on U.S. imports. If the product is detained, it’s less fresh produce that will
reach the Canadian consumer.”
The
decision stems from a CFIA regulation passed in 1997 but, until now, largely
unenforced.
The
regulation noted differences between the two countries’ requirements for
nutritional content labeling.
The
nutrition facts information required for all prepackaged food in the U.S. is
not permitted on the labels of foods sold in Canada, the CFIA said. The energy value and the nutrient content
are calculated differently under the U.S. law governing the U.S. nutrition
facts label. These labels are deemed
contrary to the regulations and hence, misleading in Canada.
Canada
also has a longstanding effort of promoting produce consumption of five to 10
servings daily.
“There
was a health professional in western Canada who identified that Health Canada,
under Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating, has five to 10 servings,” said Ron
Lemaire, CPMA executive vice president.
“He felt the 5-a-Day label was misleading. He contacted CFIA. They
met and made the decision relative to the Canadian guidelines that the logo was
not in line with their labeling of products.”
With
the changes, CFIA will issue warnings to Canadian receivers when product is
found in violation of the regulations.
Effective Dec. 1, the CFIA will begin taking stricter enforcement
action, “including detention action, where warranted,” the CPMA said in a memo
to members.
“We’re
hoping that we’d be able to prevail, sit down and talk to them and convince
them to retreat from that stance,” said Mike Stuart, president of Florida Fruit
& Vegetable Association.
“But
at a minimum, we’ve got folks with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of
dollars in the pipeline that they’d stand to lose. Canada is an important market, and any interruption in the flow
of goods would not benefit anyone.
Hopefully, if they can’t immediately rethink this proposal, they’d delay
implementation until we could work out something that works for everybody.”
(Article
taken from THE PACKER, September 17, 2001)
PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE SHIPMENTS TO CARRY PHYTOSANITARY
CERTIFICATES
By Terry Scruton
If the
U.S. Department of Agriculture has its way, fruit and vegetables being shipped
into the U.S. may not be traveling alone.
In
August, the department proposed new regulations that would require
phytosanitary certificates to accompany all fruits and vegetables brought into
the U.S., with certain exceptions, according to a news release.
The
proposal would include all fresh fruits and vegetables shipped for commercial
use into the U.S., as well as any fruits and vegetables brought in by
individual travelers from overseas.
The
only exceptions would be fruits and vegetables that are dried, cured, frozen or
processed, as well as fruits and vegetables that travelers and shoppers bring
into the U.S. for personal use through land border ports of entry.
Anna
Cherry, spokeswoman for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a
division of the USDA, said the main advantage of the certificates is that they
would contain the point of origin of the product.
“The
certificates would certify the point of origin, no matter which countries the
product had been through,” she said.
A
full text copy of the proposal is available online at www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.
(Article taken from THE PACKER, October 1,
2001)
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U.S. GRADES FOR APPLES
CORK
This
disease is located in the flesh of the apple, often in close association with
the strands or bundles that conduct food and water through the fruit. Seen in cross section, cork appears as
patches of dead, brown, corky tissue, much larger than Bitter Pit. When these areas appear near the core only,
the external signs are a bumpy surface contour and a rubbery feel when the
fruit is compressed in the hand. When
they occur in the outer part of the flesh, depressions are found over the dead
spot and the apple is more or less roughened or corrugated.
Apples
showing definite areas of cork should be scored against U.S. Extra Fancy, U.S.
Fancy and U.S. No.1 grades regardless of severity, and scored against U.S.
Utility when constituting serious damage.
APPLE
SHIPMENT TRACKING
Source: USDA
Amounts
are shown in units of 10,000 pounds
|
Season Begins |
09/23/01- 09/29/01 |
09/16/01- 09/22/01 |
09/24/00 09/30/00 |
Total this season 09/29/01 |
Total last season 09/30/00 |
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SEPTEMBER |
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8,186 |
8,658 |
10,707 |
50,284 |
61,461 |
MID-WEEK F.O.B. PRICES AT MASSACHUSETTS COUNTRY SHIPPING POINT
Prices and grades received by telephone, October 16, 2001
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VARIETY |
GRADE |
SIZE |
PRICE |
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McINTOSH |
Cartons Cell Pack U.S. Extra Fancy |
80s |
19.00 |
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96s |
18.50 |
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Cartons Film Bags U.S. Fancy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
12.50 |
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Cartons Tote Bags U.S. Fancy |
8-5s 2-1/2” min |
14.00 |
|
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CORTLAND |
Cartons Cell Pack U.S. Extra Fancy |
72s & 80s |
18.00 |
|
Cartons Film Bags U.S. Fancy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
12.50 |
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Cartons Tote Bags U.S. Fancy |
8-5s 2-1/2” min |
14.00 |
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EMPIRE |
Cartons Cell Pack U.S. Extra Fancy |
80s |
18.00 |
|
96s |
17.50 |
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Cartons Film Bags U.S. Fancy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
11.50 |
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Cartons Tote Bags U.S. Fancy |
8-5s 2-1/2” min |
13.00 |
|
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MACOUN |
Cartons Cell Pack U.S. Extra Fancy |
72s, 80s, 96s |
28.00 |
|
Cartons Film Bags U.S. Fancy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
13.00 |
|
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Cartons Tote Bags U.S. Fancy |
8-5s 2-1/2” min |
16.00 |
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FEDERAL
MARKET NEWS SERVICE, EVERETT, MASS. OCTOBER
15, 2001 MARKET
ABOUT STEADY |
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NEW ENGLAND |
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McINTOSH |
Cartons Cell Pack U.S. Extra Fancy |
80s |
19.00-20.00 |
|
100s |
18.00 |
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|
120s |
15.00-16.00 |
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Cartons Film Bags U.S. Extra Fancy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
10.00 |
|
|
Cartons Film Bags U.S. No. 1 |
12-3s 2-3/8” min |
9.50 |
|
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Cartons Bushel U.S. Fancy |
Loose 2-1/2” min |
10.00 |
|
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CORTLAND |
Carton Film Bags U.S. Extra Fancy |
12-3s 2-3/8” min |
12.00-13.00 |
|
Cartons Bushel U.S. Fancy |
Loose 2-1/2” min |
18.00-20.00 |
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SHIPPED IN |
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McINTOSH |
NY Hudson Valley Ctns CelPk U.S.ExFcy |
80s |
18.00-21.00 |
|
100s |
17.00-20.00 |
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|
120s |
12.00-15.00 mostly 12.00-13.00 |
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NY Hudson Valley Ctns CelPk U.S.Fcy |
100s |
9.00-10.00 |
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|
120s |
10.00-11.00 |
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|
140s |
9.00-10.00 |
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Lake Champlain Cartons CelPk U.S. ExFcy |
80s |
19.50 |
|
|
100s |
19.00 |
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NY Hudson Valley Ctn FlmBg U.S.ExFcy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
10.00-12.00 |
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12-3s 2-1/4” min |
9.00-10.00 |
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Lake Champlain Ctn Film Bag U.S. ExFcy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
10.00-12.00 |
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CORTLAND |
NY Hudson Valley Ctns CelPk U.S. ExFcy |
48s,56s,64s |
15.00-17.00 |
|
80s |
18.00-20.00 |
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|
100s |
17.00-20.00 |
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Lake Champlain Ctns CelPk U.S. ExFcy |
80s |
19.00-19.50 |
|
|
100s |
18.00 |
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MACOUN |
NY Hudson Valley Ctns CelPk U.S. ExFcy |
80s |
26.00-28.00 |
|
100s |
23.00-24.00 |
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NY Hudson Valley Ctns CelPk U.S. Fcy |
120s & 140s |
9.00- 9.50 |
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EMPIRE |
NY Hudson Valley Ctns CelPk U.S. Fcy |
80s |
19.00 |
|
NY Hudson Valley Ctns FlmBgs U.S. ExFcy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
12.00 |
|
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RED DELICIOUS |
WA Cartons Tray Pack WAExFcy |
56s |
25.00 |
|
64s |
23.00-26.00 |
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|
72s |
21.00-25.00 |
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|
80s |
20.00-23.00 |
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|
88s |
19.00-21.00 |
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|
100s |
16.00-18.00 |
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|
113s |
22.00-24.00 |
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|
125s |
16.00-21.00 |
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|
NY Hudson Valley Ctns FlmBgs U.S. ExFcy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
13.00 |
|
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PA Cartons Film Bags U.S. ExFcy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
12.00-14.00 |
|
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WA Cartons Film Bags WAExFcy |
12-3s 2-1/2” min |
19.00 |
|
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GOLDEN DELICIOUS |
WA Cartons Tray Pack WAExFcy |
64s |
25.00 |
|
72s |
24.00-25.00 |
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|
80s |
21.50-24.00 |
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|
88s |
21.00-25.00 |
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|
100s |
20.00-23.00 |
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|
113s |
20.00-22.00 |
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|
125s |
18.00-21.00 |
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