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Ohio Maple Days

The 2014 Ohio Maple Days workshops will be held Thursday, January 23 in Morrow County, Friday, January 24 in Wayne and Holmes counties and Saturday, January 25 in Geauga County.

A new international grading system for maple syrup and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new food safety requirements for maple syrup producers will be two of the featured topics.“The laws and regulations to produce any type of food are changing, and maple products are no different,” said organizer Gary Graham, a specialist and educator with Ohio State University Extension.

“There’s a mandatory registration process with the FDA, and the grades for maple syrup are changing internationally and nationally.

“Participants will learn all about these changes and will go home with materials to help them bring their operations into compliance.”

The workshop program for both hobby and commercial producers will be the same at each location.

The locations of the workshops are:

• Jan. 23, Morrow County, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Lutheran Memorial Camp, 2790 State Route 61, Fulton.

• Jan. 24, Wayne and Holmes counties, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Mennonite Christian Assembly Church, 10664 Fryburg Road near Fredericksburg.

• Jan. 25, Geauga County, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Joe J.S. Miller’s Window Shop, 15020 Shedd Road, Burton.

More information is available here.