AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: DOMESTIC DATES PRODUCED OR PACKED IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; DECREASED ASSESSMENT RATE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a proposed rule called: Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Decreased Assessment Rate.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 12 by Erin Morris, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.

Summary: This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the California Date Administrative Committee (Committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 and subsequent crop years from $0.15 to $0.05 per hundredweight for domestic dates produced or packed in Riverside County, California. The proposed assessment rate would remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

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