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Specialty Crops Newsletter - November 2019
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AMS Specialty Crops Program Embraces New Technology
Sonia Jimenez, Deputy Administrator, Specialty Crops Program
The USDA AMS Specialty Crops Program is excited to be in the middle of the first of three phases to build the Specialty Crops Integrated Operating Network (SCI•ON), which will replace the Specialty Crops Inspection (SCI) Division’s aging legacy systems, including FEIRS and BIIS. AMS is partnering with Deloitte Consulting to define, design, and build the new system. The new system, SCI•ON will provide exciting capabilities and improve efficiencies for all users, both internal and external.
SCI•ON will be a holistic system, providing customer-centric service abilities starting from submitting service requests and updating account information to receiving certificates and reports, as well as paying account statements. SCI•ON will enable customers access to their data in new and different ways, providing data to make strategic business decisions.
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Our Domestic Hemp Production Program Is a GO!
USDA AMS Public Affairs
Review the USDA Press Release and Watch an Informative Webinar
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2019 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the establishment of the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. This program, as required by the 2018 Farm Bill, creates a consistent regulatory framework around hemp production throughout the United States.
The interim final rule governs the production of hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill. The interim final rule does not affect industrial hemp that was or is being cultivated under the 2014 Farm Bill programs. That industrial hemp remains subject to the requirements of the 2014 Farm Bill. Submit comments on the Establishment of a Domestic Hemp Production Program interim final rule at Regulations.gov. Comments may be submitted until December 30, 2019.
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Specialty Crops Program Participates in the Codex Alimentarius Committee Promoting Food Safety
Jeffrey Davis, SCP Business Development Specialist
Dorian LaFond, SCP International Standards Coordinator Leads the Way
See how SCP works with delegations from thirty-eight countries worldwide in developing standards for food production, trade, and consumption practices.
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