USDA Updates Frozen Specs

potatoes being harvested

The USDA has updated the Commodity Specification for Frozen Vegetables.

The update includes minor formatting adjustments, incorporates Amendments 1 and 2, clarifies existing labeling and packaging requirements, and specifies material codes for household sized packages of frozen, diced potatoes.

Frozen Potatoes, Diced
1. Grade – U.S. Grade A based on U.S. Standards for Grades of Frozen Hash Brown Potatoes.

2. The potatoes will be blanched but will not be fried.

3. Style – Diced approximately ½ x ½ inch cubes and which contain not more than 90 grams, per sample unit, of units smaller than one – half the volume of the predominant size unit.

4. Net Weight – 6/5 pound containers per case.

The full Specification can be see here:

Commodity Specification for Frozen Vegetables