FVIAC - AMS Food Safety Services

Here is the audio link to the presentation made by Kathy Staley, Senior Advisor for Quality Management, Fresh Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service to the fruit and vegetable industry advisory committee. The USDA is actively seeking to expand its services in respect to food safety, and there are proposed elements to the next farm bill that would explicitly include food safety in the realm of AMS services to the industry through marketing agreements and marketing orders.