Docket Number: AMS–LPS–16–0117
Effective Date: Various
Summary
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the 2017 rates it will charge for voluntary grading, inspection, certification, auditing and laboratory services for a variety of agricultural commodities including meat and poultry, fruits and vegetables, eggs, dairy products, and cotton and tobacco. The 2017 regular, overtime, holiday, and laboratory services rates will be applied at the beginning of the crop year, fiscal year or as required by law (June 1 for most cotton programs) depending on the commodity. Other starting dates are added to this notice based on cotton industry practices. This action establishes the rates for user-funded programs based on costs incurred by AMS.
Contact
Sonia Jimenez
AMS, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Room 2095-S
1400 Independence Ave. SW.
Washington, DC 20250
Telephone (202) 720-6766
Fax (202) 205-5772
E-mail sonia.jimenez@ams.usda.gov
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