
AFOA’s 2023 Annual Meeting returns to Nashville October 17 & 18
Registration information, sponsorship opportunities, and more located under the Annual Meeting tab!
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The initial membership fee allows your company the option of one primary location and three members. If you would like to add multiple locations or, if you have more than three members that would like to take advantage, AFOA Member Benefits of AFOA membership, you will have the opportunity to attach additional information and contacts.
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Updating & Informing Our Members of News in the Industry
We work to improve trade relations in the fats and oils industry around the world. The initial membership fee allows your company the option of one primary location and three members. If you would like to add multiple locations or if you have more than three members that would like to take advantage of AFOA membership, you will have the opportunity to attach additional information and contacts.
To join and access AFOA Member Benefits, please fill out the Online Registration Form or call (803) 252-7128 and we will be happy to answer any questions you have.
AFOA News

Latest Articles
USDA Export Sales Reporting and Maintenance System 2.1 (ESRMS 2.1) Federal Register Notice (FRN) to the Paperwork Reduction Act was published
Dear Members, On May 15, 2023, the USDA Export Sales Reporting and Maintenance System 2.1 (ESRMS 2.1) Federal Register Notice (FRN) to the Paperwork Reduction Act was published and can be found at this link: Federal Register :: Notice of Request for a Revision...
ESRMS 2.1 User Acceptance Testing – Now Available
Starting Tuesday, April 18, 2023, the new Export Sales Reporting and Maintenance System is open for User Acceptance Testing. USDA needs all exporters to enter the ESRMS 2.1 Test System to become familiar with how it works and to test the bulk electronic upload...
U.S. Standards for “Canola”
Click here for the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Notice stating that no changes are being made regarding the U.S Standards for “Canola” under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended, (USGSA). As background, on June 29, 2018, AMS published in the...
Get In Touch
Leigh Wickersham
Executive Director
PO Box 11035, Columbia SC 29211, USA
afoa@fatsandoils.org
803.252.7128 | 803.252.7799