Washington State Department of Agriculture Hearing Notice; Produce Industry to Attain Lower Inspection Fee If CAIP Proposal Enacted.Business Editors, Agriculture Writers OLYMPIA Olympia, city, ancient Greece Olympia, ancient city, important center of the worship of Zeus in ancient Greece, in Elis near the Alpheus (now Alfiós) R. It was the scene of the Olympic games. , Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2001 Reduced rates are proposed for produce packers that use their own employees trained by the state Department of Agriculture to inspect and grade produce such as potatoes. Comments on the proposal for the newly created Customer Assisted Inspection Program (CAIP CAIP Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants CAIP Canadian Association of Internet Providers CAIP Commonwealth Association of Indigenous Peoples (UK) CAIP Center for Advanced Information Processing ) will be taken at a hearing at 10 a.m. Aug. 21 at the Shilo Inn Shilo Inn is a mid priced hotel chain operating 47 hotels predominantly on the west coast of the United States, with a large concentration of locations in the state of Oregon. , 1819 Kittleson Rd., Moses Lake Moses Lake, city (1990 pop. 11,235), Grant co., central Wash., on Moses Lake; settled 1897, inc. 1938. A distribution and shipping point for the Columbia basin project, it produces are sugar, potatoes, milk, paper, rocket propellant, silicon, chemicals, and frozen foods. . Traditional federal-state inspection services will still be available. The proposal would establish a fee schedule for CAIP. It adds a section to administrative regulations covering fruit and vegetable inspection fees set by the state Department of Agriculture. "Industry inspections for checking defects, bruises Bruises Definition Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition. , shape and other quality factors are being performed under close oversight
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Inspection fees will be 75 percent of the current 6 cents per hundred-weight fee, or 4 1/2 cents per hundred-weight, Quigley noted. Members of the Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program and several potato packing firms have been involved in a pilot program since May of last year. The new program uses industry representatives in the inspection process to reduce inspection fees and maintain high quality inspections. Other commodities such as apples could be added to the schedule in the future. For a copy of the proposed rules or to submit written comments, contact Jim Quigley, program manager, Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program, Commodity Inspection Division, Washington State Department of Agriculture, PO Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, or FAX to 360/ 902-2085. Deadline for comments is Aug. 24. Anticipated date of rule adoption is Aug. 30. |
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