WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a proposed rule called: Updates to the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on June 10 by Erin Morris, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
Summary: This proposal invites comments on updates to the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (Order). This proposal would increase the mandatory assessment rate from 5 cents per hundredweight of popcorn to 6 cents to reflect the present rate which was administratively increased in 2001 and has been charged of processors since. Additionally, subpart C would be added to the Order prescribing late payment and interest charges o...