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California almond growers request 6-month delay of federal

pasteurized almond rule

 

By Garance Burke, Associated Press

August 7, 2007

 

FRESNO – The largest organization of almond growers is asking the

government for a six-month delay before enforcing a new rule

requiring all California almonds to be pasteurized, saying farmers

can't adjust in time to meet the original deadline.

 

In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it would

require virtually all almonds to be pasteurized by Sept. 1, following

Salmonella outbreaks in 2001 and 2004 that were traced to raw almonds.

 

Now the California Almond Board wants to push back the implementation

date to March 1, 2008, to give pasteurization facilities time to

validate their processes and machinery and avoid interrupting the

flow of nuts to the market.

 

Full story:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070807-0226-farmscene-

pasteurizedalmonds.html

 

 

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