California dates. (Noted In The Federal Register).(Brief Article)

Food Institute Report, The, June, 2002

CALIFORNIA DATES: USDA has proposed increasing the assessment rate established for the California Date Administrative Committee for the 2002/2003 and subsequent crop years from 25 cents to 90 cents per hundredweight of dates handled. The higher assessment rate is needed to fund the industry's marketing and promotion programs under the Committee budget.

These programs have been implemented under a State marketing order. However, the date industry concluded that it was in its best interest to implement the programs under the Federal marketing order because recent court actions have been filed against several California State marketing orders under which similar programs have been implemented. The quantity of assessable dates for the 2002/2003 crop year is estimated...

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