NASDA PRESIDENT KEE APPOINTED TO USDA FRUIT & VEGETABLE INDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
News Date January 05, 2010
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the names of members of the new Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee. NASDA President and Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee is among those appointed to serve on the new advisory committee.
The 25 members of the committee were selected from individuals nominated by their peers. Committee members represent fresh fruit and vegetable growers/shippers, fresh fruit and vegetable wholesalers, retailers, industry trade associations, importers, fruit and vegetable processors, foodservice suppliers, fresh-cut processors, brokers and state departments of agriculture. Each member is appointed to a two-year term.
Originally chartered in 2001, the advisory committee advises the Secretary of Agriculture on issues affecting the fruit and vegetable industry. In May 2009, USDA approved a new two-year charter for this committee.
Information about the committee's first meeting for 2010 will be published in the Federal Register and at www.ams.usda.gov/fv. Information can also be obtained by emailing mrobert.keeney@usda.gov or calling (202) 720-4722. Other members of the advisory committee can be found online. (Contact: Amy Mann)