The Agricultural Marketing Service published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2002, (67 FR 69660) final regulations revising the United States Standards for Grades of Apples. In that document, incomplete paragraph references were published. This document corrects those references.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of and revision to the currently approved information collection ``Application for Plant Variety Protection

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

These proposed minimum requirements for livestock and meat industry production/marketing claims, when adopted, will become the United States Standards for Livestock and Meat Marketing Claims. Some segments of the livestock and meat industries make claims to distinguish their products
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is increasing the fees and charges for Federal voluntary egg, poultry, and rabbit grading. These fees and charges are increased to cover the increase in salaries of Federal employees, salary increases of State employees cooperatively utilized in administering the programs, and other increased Agency costs.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

This rule would increase the assessment rate established for the South Texas Onion Committee (Committee) for the 200203 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.05 to $0.085 per 50pound equivalent of onions handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of onions grown in South Texas. Authorization to

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request from the Office of Management and Budget approval for an extension of and revision to a currently approved information collection ``Customer Service Survey (Meat Grading and

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The Agricultural Marketing Service is amending the regulations concerning designation of the spot markets used to calculate differences for tenderable qualities delivered against cotton futures contracts. The redesignated spot markets will better reflect the trading value of tenderable qualities. Presently, regulations provide for the Secretary of

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

This document directs that referenda be conducted among eligible growers of California nectarines, pears, and peaches to determine whether they favor continuance of the marketing orders regulating the handling of nectarines, pears, and peaches grown in the production area.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to amend the regulations under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA or Act) to extend PACA coverage to include fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables that are coated or battered to maintain taste, color, and/or texture prior to or after cooking. It is USDA's opinion that coated or

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule increasing the minimum maturity requirements for fresh grapefruit under the marketing order for Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida (order). The Citrus Administrative Committee (Committee), which locally administers

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule that decreased the desirable carryout used to compute the yearly trade demand for raisins covered under the Federal marketing order for California raisins (order). The order regulates the handling of raisins produced from grapes grown in

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

This rule temporarily suspends the deadline for announcing a 2003 raisin diversion program (RDP) as specified under the Federal marketing order for California raisins (order). This rule also extends certain deadlines within the 20022003 crop year concerning the RDP specified in the order's regulations. The order regulates the handling of raisins

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule limiting the volume of small red seedless grapefruit entering the fresh market under the marketing order covering oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in Florida (order). The Citrus Administrative Committee (Committee)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which decreased the assessment rate established for the Prune Marketing Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 993 for the 200203 and subsequent crop years from $2.80 to $2.60 per ton of salable dried prunes. The Committee locally

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Walnut Marketing Board (Board) for the 200203 and subsequent marketing years from $0.0124 to $0.0120 per kernelweight pound of assessable walnuts. The decreased assessment rate should generate sufficient income to meet the Board's 200203 anticipated expenses of $2,970,000. The lower

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

This rule would increase the assessment rate established for the Raisin Administrative Committee (Committee) for the 200203 and subsequent crop years from $6.50 to $8.00 per ton of free tonnage raisins acquired by handlers, and reserve tonnage raisins released or sold to handlers for use in free tonnage outlets. The Committee locally administers

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice announces that the Agricultural Marketing Service is requesting emergency approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the new information collection, ``Interim Voluntary Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, Lamb, Pork, Fish, Perishable Agricultural

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

Notice is hereby given that for the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP) for FY 2003 the Continuing Budget Resolution as well as U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Appropriations Bills provide $1,347,000, the same amount as for FY 2002. States interested in obtaining funds under the program are invited to submit

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which revised pack and container requirements prescribed under the California kiwifruit marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of kiwifruit grown in California and is administered locally by the Kiwifruit Administrative

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

This rule revises the United States Standards for Grades of Apples. These standards are issued under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. The rule will provide for the mixed varieties and change the color requirements for apples by reducing the number of apple varieties required to meet specific minimum color requirements. It also deletes the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

This order amends certain pooling provisions of the Pacific Northwest Federal milk order on an interim basis. This interim order implements amendments to the Pool plant provisions which establish a cooperative manufacturing plant provision and a procedure for ``system pooling'' by cooperative manufacturing plants. For the Producer milk provisions,

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule that amended the regulations to provide mandatory grading for kinds of tobacco approved by a majority of producers voting in the mandatory grading referenda and to reduce the fee for mandatory grading from $.01 per pound to $.009 per

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is withdrawing a notice soliciting public comments on a petition to change the United States Standards for Grades of Grapefruit Juice. This notice is in response to a letter from a petitioner requesting that their petition be withdrawn.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

This rule reduces the number of members on the Area No. 3 Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (Committee) established under the Colorado potato marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of Irish potatoes grown in Colorado and is administered locally by the Committee. This rule decreases the number of positions on the Committee

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection for specified exempt import commodities.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Agricultural Marketing Service