USDA approves grade standard for colored cauliflower
All colors of cauliflower can be certified to a U.S. grade, according to a recent revision to the U.S. cauliflower grade standards.
Starting June 26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will permit that change. Another change concerns the sizes, allowing curds (the edible white flesh) less than four inches in diameter to be certified to a grade. The USDA is also removing references to an unclassified category of cauliflower.
The USDA said when colors other than white, creamy white, or cream color are specified, cauliflower heads of those colors may be certified to a grade.
A grade may also be applied to a pack containing a green, an orange, a purple, and a white cauliflower curd when specified as a mixed-color pack, according to the USDA.
