A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.

REGULATORY: Includes AMS, FWS

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

Proposed rule inviting comments on updates to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers for paper and paper-based packaging products in the Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research, and Information Order. Info here.

Proposed rule implementing a recommendation from the Prune Marketing Committee to increase the assessment rate established for the 2022-23 crop year and subsequent fiscal years. Info here.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Proposed rule announcing revisions to the critical habitat for the federally endangered Southern Sierra Nevada distinct population segment of fisher (Pekania pennanti) under the Endangered Species Act. Info here