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Posted July 17, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that exempted red types of potatoes from minimum quality, maturity, pack, marking, and inspection requirements of the Washington potato marketing order and the potato import regulation for the 2013-2014 and subsequent fiscal periods.
The rule also continues the action that required handlers of red types of potatoes to submit reports when those red types of potatoes are exempt from regulation. This rule is intended to reduce overall industry expenses and increase net returns to producers and handlers, which gives the industry an opportunity to explore alternative marketing strategies.
The effective date is July 21, 2014.
The Federal Register is available here.
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