The deadline for the OSHA electronic reporting rule is just over two weeks out. Cotton gins are required to submit the data from their 2018 OSHA 300A forms by March 2 2019. Click Here for the link to the electronic reporting site, or you can go to the TCGA Web Site to find the link. [...]
Employers are reminded of their obligation to post a copy of OSHA's Form 300A, which summarizes job-related injuries and illnesses logged during the 2018 calendar year. Each year, from Feb. 1 to April 30, the summary from the previous year must be displayed in a common area where notices to employees are usually posted. Be [...]
TCGA has recently become aware of an issue related to the registration of tandem trailers being used to haul round modules. Some of our round module haulers have been pulled over by Troopers and told that their rear trailer cannot be registered as a Token Trailer. Texas law specifies that a semitrailer can be registered [...]
We have received a few calls from ginners who were having trouble getting their FDA registration renewal completed. This is an online system, so you do have to have your user name and password to get into their system. To get to the renewal system, you first have to check the Food Facility Registration Box, [...]
Attention Required - Mismatched PBI Tags and AMS Sample Coupons Instances of mismatched PBI tags and sample coupons continue, despite an extensive communications effort conducted during the 2017 ginning season and again before the 2018 ginning season by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Cotton and Tobacco Program, the National Cotton Council and others. Significant [...]
We have discussed the WH-516 form at all our meetings for several years, and it is important that you are providing this form to your workers at the time of recruitment. Filling this form out properly is important, and we have spent a good amount of time discussing the form and our answers on the [...]
As reported earlier, the National Cotton Council, in cooperation with several other industry partners, has developed a comprehensive video designed to help producers and ginners identify potential sources of plastic contamination and methods of eliminating plastic contamination. The Video is now available in English and Spanish. This video will provide producers and ginners with [...]
FDA Registrations must be renewed between October 1 and December 31 on even numbered years. It is now time to renew your registration. Click here to access the FDA web site in order to renew your registration. Please be aware that there are companies sending out mailers that look like they are from FDA. If [...]
FDA Registrations must be renewed between October 1 and December 31 on even numbered years. This is coming up soon, and we will be sending out more information on this topic as the deadline nears. Since this renewal is done online, it would be a really good idea to check your account now to be [...]
The National Cotton Council, in cooperation with several other industry partners, has developed a comprehensive video designed to help producers and ginners identify potential sources of plastic contamination and methods of eliminating plastic contamination. Click here to see the video. This video will provide producers and ginners with detailed information on how to eliminate [...]
