# Removal of U.S. Grade Standards
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2019-07-16 · Effective 2019-07-16 · 84 FR 33827
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-15060
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 33827
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 51
- **Publication date:** 2019-07-16
- **Effective date:** 2019-07-16
- **USDA docket:** Document Number AMS-SC-18-0081, SC-19-329
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that removed seven voluntary U.S. grade standards and one consumer standard for fresh fruits and vegetables from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The removal will save the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) resources as the cost of printing the eight standards annually exceeds the benefits of their further inclusion in the CFR.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/16/2019-15060/removal-of-us-grade-standards)
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