[Federal Register: September 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 172)]
[Notices]              
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket Number FV-04-306]

United States Standards for Grades of Watermelons

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), of the Department of Agriculture is soliciting comments on its amended proposal to revise the United States Standards for Grades of Watermelons. AMS received a petition from the National Watermelon Association (NWA), amending a portion of their original petition. NWA's amended petition is requesting that seedless watermelons be defined as: ``Watermelons which have 10 or less mature seeds, not to include pips/caplets, on the face of the melon which has been cut into four equal sections (one
lengthwise cut and one crosswise cut).'' NWA's original petition requested that a variance be added to the size requirements. This request remains unchanged.

DATES: Comments must be received by November 7, 2005.

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