AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE ISSUES RULE: PAPER AND PAPER-BASED PACKAGING PROMOTION, RESEARCH AND INFORMATION ORDER; CONTINUANCE REFERENDUM AND MORATORIUM ON ASSESSMENT COLLECTION

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a rule called: Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order; Continuance Referendum and Moratorium on Assessment Collection.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 3 by Erin Morris, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.

Summary: This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible domestic manufacturers and importers of paper and paper-based packaging to determine whether they favor continuance of the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) regulations regarding a national paper and paper-based packaging research and promotion program. AMS is also announcing an immediate moratorium on the collection...