AMS FOIA TRACKING LOG FISCAL YEAR 2010

AMS FOIA Control No. 34-10 PA 1-10 35-10 PA 2-10 36-10 37-10 1/13/10 Date on incoming request Date received in LRR 1/11/10 Requester/Subject
Compex Legal Services, Inc., on behalf of Sun-Beam Raisin Co., Inc.; request for personnel records of AMS employee (b)(6)

(b)(6), The Marker Group; request for personnel records for (b)(6)

1/21/10
Katrina Leal, Lion Raisins; request records related to the FV-489 Memorandum Accountability Ledger from 1/1/1995 through 12/31/2000

1/13/10 2/20/09

1/14/10 11/3/09

Katrina Leal, Lion Raisins; request for records related to individuals/companies relating to the withdrawal or restoration of inspection services Richard Pascale, Shoestring Farms; request for parties who filed complaint against his firm for allegations of marketing organic produce without organic certification Dee Dixon, The Rutherford Group; USDA funded commercially shared kitchen project under the Farmers Market Proposal Program Giles Miller; request for documents, etc. related to EarthRenew Corporation, et. als product, Organic Matter in a Granule Vanessa D. Sloat-Rogers, Ullman & Ullman, Attys.; re: PACA license info for Legend Melons Co. and Waverly Farms, Inc. Matthew Field, The Chicago Reporter; poultry inspection records on poultry distributed as part of the SLP, and establishments the provide poultry to the Chicago Public School System Katrina Leal, Lion Raisins; Certificates received by the RAC, including FV-146 and FR40 from 1995 through 12/31/2000 Kacee Jackson; request for database of individuals who hold purchase cards, travel cards, etc.

38-10 39-10 40-10 41-10 42-10 43-10 44-10

1/13/10 2/2/10 2/3/10 1/28/10 2/02/10 2/12/10 2/12/10

1/14/10 2/2/10 2/3/10 2/17/10 2/17/10 2/17/10 2/17/10


AMS FOIA Control No. 45-10 46-10 47-10 Date on incoming request 2/16/10 2/17/10 2/24/10 Date received in LRR 2/17/10 2/17/10 2/25/10 3/1/10 48-10 49-10 PA 3-10 50-10 51-10 52-10 53-10 PA 4-10 54-10 55-10 56-10 3/2/10 2/16/10
(perfected)

Requester/Subject Henry Schuck Esq.; request for OCIO organizational chart for IT Division of AMS, etc.
Kate Ellis, McCarron & Diess, request for documents relating to the employment of Ray Maragni, Jr. by Harvin Foods, Inc.

Randy Clemens; request for studies, information, etc. that led up to the mandatory pasteurization of almonds Devin Maroney; request for a list of files covering all PACA licensees operating in Allegheny County, PA and other related information (b)(6); re: all records in agency control related to job application (for Supervisory IT Specialist) Holly Monnette; request for identity of person who filed complaint that they are violating NOP regulations Steven M. De Falco, Atty.; request for PACA information related to Rench II a/k/a LNR Produce Inc.
Robert I. Schramm, request for documents between the gov.t of Chile or any Chilean table grape industry to suspend or remove effective date for import regs. Dan Warnes, Atty. for (b)(6); subpoena filed for records relating to marital status of AMS employee since 12/1/04 Linda Edwards Prehn; request for list of independent cranberry growers, including those who deliver to Ocean Spray via split contract

3/2/10 3/2/10

2/24/10 3/5/10 3/8/10 3/5/10 3/10/10 3/11/10 3/17/10

3/5/10 3/8/10 3/8/10 3/10/10 3/15/10 3/15/10 3/17/10

Bart M. Botta, Atty., request for PACA info on Fresh-Pic Produce Company Paulette J. Freyer; request for list of companies that have or have had CN labels within the past 5 years.


AMS FOIA Control No. 57-10 58-10 59-10 60-10 61-10 62-10 Date on incoming request 3/18/10 3/19/10 3/24/10 3/29/10 3/30/10 3/23/10 Date received in LRR 3/18/10 3/19/10 3/25/10 3/30/10 3/10/10 3/31/10
Rob Hauke; request for a bulk list of all active U.S. PACA licensees

Requester/Subject
Thomas D. Oates, Esq., request for records for USDA inspected egg processing plants, etc.

Steve Sussman, request for records relating to Plainview Milk Product Cooperative Joe Nevill; request for access to and copies of a specific section (28 to 30 pages) of case record for NOP case number NOP-019-08 (F&R Custom Farms); Condra and Condra Law Firm.

Lawrence Sukalski; request for copy of FOIA log for May 2009, involving ASA, and copy of each specific FOIA requests
Deborah Dubow Press, Atty., Animal Welfare Institute; request for documentation relating to Perdue Brands Process Verified Program application and procedure for promotional and advertising material promoting USDA Process Verified, for the time period 1/1/2007 to 3/23/10

63-10 64-10 PA 5-10 65-10 66-10 67-10 PA 6-10 68-10

9/16/09 2/5/10

3/31/10 3/31/10

R. A. Pickard, Food Safety Net Services; request for USDA solicitation # 041-MAPHIS-05 (AMS Meat Testing)
Guy Christian, Office of the Tulare County District Attorney Welfare Fraud Investigation; request for records involving the employment of an AMS employee

3/15/10 4/6/10 3/30/10

3/15/10 4/6/10 4/6/10

Bart M. Botta, Atty.; request for PACA license information for Fresh Cut Produce Company, Inc., et al. George Faraday; request for all contracts for the purchase of processed fruits & vegetables by AMS for FY 2007, 2008 and 2009

Robert F. Donohue, Atty., subpoena for payroll records for AMS employee Brandi M. Grandinetti, Lion Raisins, Inc.; request for records related to applications, etc., in the custody and/or in control of the RAC including RAC-35 applications and RAC-36 contracts from 1/1/97 to 4/7/10, for raisin residual material used in eligible non-normal outlets such as birdseed

4/7/10

4/8/10


AMS FOIA Control No. 69-10 70-10 71-10 72-10 73-10 74-10 75-10 76-10 77-10 PA 7-10 78-10 79-10
Combining w/98-10

Date on incoming request 4/15/10 4/13/10 4/15/10 4/19/10 4/22/10 4/22/10 4/23/10 5/4/10 4/28/10

Date received in LRR 4/19/10 4/20/10 4/20/10 4/20/10 4/22/10 4/22/10 4/26/10 5/6/10 5/6/10

Requester/Subject
Robert Gavell, Zurich Special Investigations Unit; request for investigation results related to Zurich North America Lion Raisins, Inc.; subpoena for USDA employee to testify

Maria C. Simon, Esq., McCarron & Diess Law Firm; request for info relating to PACA license of Tanimura Distributing, Inc. The Humane Society of the U.S.; request for records that relate to Perdue Farms, Inc.s Process Verified Program

Maria C. Simon, Esq., McCarron & Diess; request for documents that refer to the PACA license of San Diego Point Produce, Inc.
Maria C. Simon, Esq., McCarron & Diess; request for documents that refer to the PACA license of Roy Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Bucks Fruit Co. Lorren E. S. Walker; request for names and addresses of growers, etc., eligible to vote under the pistachio marketing order PETA Foundation; request for records related to sponsorship of Sesame Street, including the Good Egg Project, et al.

(b)(6); request for employee investigative records

4/29/10
5/4/10

5/10/10 5/11/10

Max R. Taylor (Advance Child Care, Inc.); request for copies of CN Label Database, et al.

Cheryl Leahy, Atty. for Compassion over Killing (COK); request for documents relating to the Quality Systems Verification Programs, et al.

80-10 PA 8-10

5/10/10

5/11/11

Gregory D. Wilson, Atty.; Wilson Law; request for personnel records


AMS FOIA Control No. 81-10 Date on incoming request 5/3/10 5/4/10 Date received in LRR 5/13/10 5/13/11
Requester/Subject Sean Cairncross, Chief Counsel, National Republican Senatorial Committee; request for correspondence between AMS & Congressman Charlie Melancon

8210 PA910
83-10 84-10 85-10 86-10 PA 10-10 87-10 88-10 89-10 90-10 91-10 92-10

James D. Emerson, Atty. for Sun-Beam Raisin; subpoena filed for safety manuals, safety training documentation and time cards of employees

5/18/10 5/19/10 5/24/10 5/13/10 4/5/10 6/1/10 6/9/10 6/3/10 6/3/10 6/14/10 5/19/10 5/24/10 5/24/10

Rachel Thomas; request for active academic grants Steven M. De Falco, Atty.; request for PACA information concerning Tomatoes Unlimited, LLC. Mary Jean Fassett, Atty., request for PACA license info for Let-Us Produce, Inc.
James L. Sanders and Tim M. Allen, Attys., Subpoena for personnel file, timesheets, et al., for AMS employee Patrick A. Davis, President, NAPAR; request for historical information PACA has involving Good Delivery Standard for Lettuce relating to discoloration following bruising Dennis Hornick , The East Coast Organic Mattress Store; request for identity of person who filed complaint Lewis P. Janowsky, Rynn & Janowsky, Atty.; request for documents, license applications, etc., maintained by PACA for: 1) Pinion, Inc. d/b/a M.R.P., and 2) M.R.P., Inc., and 3) Manual Pinion

6/2/10 6/09/10 6/10/10 6/10/10 6/10/10 6/14/10

Bridget Gaines, General Manager, The Plantsmen Nursery, request for identity of person/business who filed NOP complaint
Deborah Dubow Press, Animal Welfare Institute; request for all reviews, evaluations, communications, et al, relating to PYs approval process for Perdues Process Verified information from January 1, 2007 to present

Henry Immanuel; request for documentation on the process of certifying animal waste as organic


AMS FOIA Control No. 93-10 94-10 PA 13-10 95-10 96-10 97-10 98-10
(combining w/79-10)

Date on incoming request 6/9/10 6/17/10

Date received in LRR 6/16/10 6/17/10

Requester/Subject Laurance Kriegel; exhibits used in Decision Makers determination John Whiteford, Attorney General of Texas, Greg Abbott; Child Support Division; request for employee work address and phone number
Business Decisions Information Inc.; request for info relating to sub contracting. Stotter & Associates LLC (on behalf of Richard Wallick); request for agency records relating to substances not authorized for use on organic food crops, et al. Timothy J. Galanaugh, Esq.; Subpoena filed; for testimony of employee & inspection reports for imported grapes from Chile

6/14/10 6/29/10 7/13/10 7/14/10

7/1/10 7/9/10 7/13/10 7/15/10

Cheryl Leahy, Compassion Over Killing, request for all documents in the custody or control of USDA, AMS, Poultry & Livestock & Seed Programs, relating to animal care standards, et al. Wesley D. Tibbals, on behalf of Sunland Distribution of FL; request for documents relating to inspections on 6/23 or 6/24 and 6/28 or 6/29.

99-10 100-10 101-10 102-10 PA 11-10 103-10 PA 12-10

7/15/10 7/19/10 7/12/10 7/12/10

7/16/10 7/19/10 7/16/10 7/16/10

Lori Fenhaus, Prehn Dental Office; request for independent cranberry growers Michael Moss, The New York Times; request for records relating to Beef Check-Of program Sarah J. Geyerman, Atty.; request for employee documents

4/20/10

7/20/10

(b)(6); request for applicants resumes


AMS FOIA Control No. 104-10 105-10 106-10 107-10 108-10 109-10 PA 14-10 110-10 PA 15-10 111-10
112-10 113-10

Date on incoming request 7/9/10 7/23/10 7/16/10 8/2/10 7/30/10 8/4/10 8/9/10

Date received in LRR 7/21/10 7/23/10 7/29/10 8/3/10 8/5/10 8/9/10 8/9/10

Requester/Subject
Barbara M. Link, Agraria Farm; request for information relating to allegation to NOP on the use of organic in brochure

Raffaela Marie Fenn, National Peanut Board; request for salaries of Marketing Order CEOs John Faguendes, IV; request for Voter list of the Kiwifruit Admini. Committee by new district (in electronic format) Margaret Manning; request for copies of the grant documents made to the San Juan Agricultural Guild Laurence Kriegel; request for copies of applications submitted to TX Dept. of Agriculture for 2007, 2008 and 2009; and e-mail
(b)(6); request for personnel records

(b)(6); request for list of eligible applicants to FPB vacancy Vincent Iatesta, Caffe Pronto; request for information relating to complaint against their firm relating to the organic certification Taryn Fixel, CNN Field Producer; request for documents relating to audit of Californias noncompliance with NOP standards Nate Branch , Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable; info on party who filed NOP complaint

7/27/10 2/24/10

8/10/10 8/16/10

8/16/10 114-10 8/19/20

8/16/10 8/19/10
Ian Mandel; request for correspondence to or from Cong. Dave Reichert relating to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

115-10

8/20/10

8/20/10

Will Fantle, The Cornucopia Institute; request for copies of all communications to and from NOP staff and any other USDA staff or political appointees and the public in re: the 2002 denial of organic certification for The Country Hen The Humane Society; request for documents relating to annual budgets, audits, expenses, et al of the American Egg Board

116-10

8/20/10

8/23/10


AMS FOIA Control No. Date on incoming request 8/24/10 8/23/10 Date received in LRR 8/24/10 8/26/10 Requester/Subject
Dan Morgan, The Fiscal Times; request for correspondence, etc. from members of Congress, staff, companies, relating to funding under Section 32 of fish, peaches, potatoes and pork from 8/24/09 to the present Sonya Heitshusen, WHO-TV; request for inspection reports for Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms from January 1, 2000 to the present Stuart Hawkins, Shepro & Hawkins, LLC, Attys.; request for copies of any and all tests, reports, correspondence, etc., concerning the investigation of Specialty Farms, LLC from March 2010 to the present Philip Brasher, The Des Moines Register, USA Today and Gannett newspapers; all memoranda, e-mail, etc. within AMS and USDA for the past two years involving various egg companies, including Wright County Egg, DeCoster Egg Farms, et al. Trevor M. Torcello, Atty.; Subpoena for records concerning payments received by the CMC from Cliffstar Corporation and Alpine Foods, LLC, et al. (Being treated as a FOIA request). Thomas A. Grennan, Atty., subpoena for documents relating to all inspections, etc., performed by the National Pork Board between 1/1/1993 and 12/31/2004 regarding PQA Plus Site Status inspections, etc., for swine operations operated by Livingston Enterprises, Inc., et al.

117-10

118-10

119-10

8/26/10

8/26/10

120-10

8/25/10

8/25/10

121-10 122-10

8/20/10 8/17/10

8/31/10 9/1/10

123-10 124-10 9/1/10

9/2/10 9/1/10; modified 9/13/10 9/15/10

Dennis Treger, CPA, request for copy of retailer syndicated sales data contract research agreement the National Pork Board has with FreshLook Marketing Group
Philip Brasher, The Des Moines Register, et al.; request for latest audit report of Hillandale Farms of Iowa from PYs Grading Branch; and request for grading/certification/enforcement records related to various egg farms from January 1, 2005 to present. Ms. Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; request for copies of all communication regarding the dairy checkoff program managed by Dairy Management Inc. and various fast food corporations, et al., from January 1, 2007 to the present. Amber Halmekangas; request for database of USQA/UGRSA as of January 2009

125-10

9/15/10

126-10 127-10

8/26/10 8/30/10 9/8/10

128-10 129-10

8/26/10

9/16/10

Dennis Treger, CPA; request for copy of retailer syndicated sales data contract research agreement between the National Cattlemens Beef Association and FreshLook Marketing Group Thomas C. Papageorge, Canon U.S.A., Inc.; request for copy of most current Certified/Passed approved list for multi-functional copier/printer/scanner/fax for AMS Appleby & Company, Inc.; Subpoena for processor co-op records for grape harvest and cultivation by or on behalf of Mamoru Maseba a/o Maseba Farms, Inc. from 2004 to the present, including crop statements, crop proceed disbursements, and other related documents

8/31/10

9/27/10


AMS FOIA Control No. 130-10 131-10 Date on incoming request 9/13/10 9/28/10 Date received in LRR 9/21/10 9/29/10 Requester/Subject
Marty Dytrych; request for every marketing a/o advertising agency who won bids from AMS from 2008 to the present, including the amount and purpose for the bid

Bettina Camcigil, The Humane Society of the U.S.; request for records relating to a study entitled, The Impact of Different Housings Systems on Egg Safety and Quality, and other documents related to the American Egg Board. Blake Morrison, USA Today; request for copies of electronic files (data sets) related to NSLP for Processed Commodity Inventory Management System and microbial testing on beef purchased.

132-10

9/28/10

9/29/19