WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a rule called: Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order Termination.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on March 9 by Erin Morris, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.

Summary: This final rule terminates the Federal research and promotion program for paper and paper-based packaging and the rules and regulations issued thereunder. This action is necessary because termination of the program was favored by a majority of manufacturers and importers voting in the referendum who also represent a majority of the volume of paper and paper-based packaging represented in the referendum. This rulemaking also removes the Paper and P...