United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2000_register executive 2010-09-23 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81f3c19 D09002ee1c81f3d01 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Agricultural Marketing Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This rule establishes a Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order) under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996. Under the Order, cultivated blueberry producers and importers will pay an assessment of $12 per ton, which will be paid to the U.S.A. Blueberry Council (USABC). Producers and importers of less than 2,000 pounds of fresh and processed cultivated blueberries annually will be exempt from the assessment. First handlers will remit the assessments to the USABC. The USABC will use the funds collected to conduct a generic program of promotion, research, consumer information, and industry information to maintain and expand markets for cultivated blueberries. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or the Department) conducted a referendum among eligible producers and importers of cultivated blueberries to determine whether they favor the implementation of the Order. The Order was approved by a majority of those voting who also represented a majority of the pounds of cultivated blueberries represented in the referendum. 65 FR 43961 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-07-17/00-17956 00-17956 fr17jy00-1 RIN 0581-AB78 3410-02-P FV-99-701-FR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-07-17/00-17956 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-07-17/html/00-17956.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-07-17/pdf/00-17956.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Advertising Blueberries Consumer Information Marketing Agreements Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 9 p. 43961 43969 65 FR 43961 Title 7 Part 1218 7 CFR Part 1218 RIN 0581-AB78 Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order; Federal Register Vol. 65, Issue RULE 00-17956 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service FV-99-701-FR 3410-02-P 00-17956 Final rule.

This rule establishes a Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order) under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996. Under the Order, cultivated blueberry producers and importers will pay an assessment of $12 per ton, which will be paid to the U.S.A. Blueberry Council (USABC). Producers and importers of less than 2,000 pounds of fresh and processed cultivated blueberries annually will be exempt from the assessment. First handlers will remit the assessments to the USABC. The USABC will use the funds collected to conduct a generic program of promotion, research, consumer information, and industry information to maintain and expand markets for cultivated blueberries. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or the Department) conducted a referendum among eligible producers and importers of cultivated blueberries to determine whether they favor the implementation of the Order. The Order was approved by a majority of those voting who also represented a majority of the pounds of cultivated blueberries represented in the referendum.

August 16, 2000. Oliver L. Flake, Research and Promotion Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, Stop 0244, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 2535-S, Washington, DC 20250-0244; telephone (202) 720-5976, fax (202) 205-2800, or e-mail at oliver.flake@usda.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Advertising Blueberries Consumer Information Marketing Agreements Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Blueberry promotion, research, and information order, oliver.flake@usda.gov Vol. 65, no. 137 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2000-07-17 continuing daily deposited born digital 454 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-07-17 P0b002ee1809fab9d 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr17jy00 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-07-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-07-17/pdf/FR-2000-07-17.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-07-17/xml/FR-2000-07-17.xml fdlp 43961 44402 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-08 FR-2000-07-17 machine generated eng FR FR-2000-07-17 65 137