2014 Modification for Washington & Imported Potatoes

2014 Modifications for Washington & Imported Potatoes
Irish Potatoes Grown in Washington and Imported Potatoes; Modification of the Handling Regulation, Reporting Requirements, and Import Regulations of Red Types of Potatoes. 
 
Docket Number: AMS-FV-13-0068; FV13-946-3 FR
Effective: July 21, 2014
 
Summary
The Department of Agriculture 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. This rule also continues in effect the action that required handlers of red types of potatoes to submit reports during the period that red types of potatoes are exempt from regulation. This rule is expected to reduce overall industry expenses and increase net returns to producers and handlers while giving the industry the opportunity to explore alternative marketing strategies. 
 
Contacts
Teresa Hutchinson, Marketing Specialist, or Gary D. Olson, Regional Director
Northwest Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order and Agreement Division
Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA
Telephone: (503) 326–2724
Fax: (503) 326–7440
 
 
Jeffrey Smutny, 
Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA
1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237
Washington, DC 20250–0237
Telephone: (202) 720–2491
Fax: (202) 720–8938
 
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