WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a rule called: Updates to the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on March 10 by Melissa Bailey, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
Summary: This final rule implements updates to the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (Order). The updates increase the mandatory assessment rate from 5 cents per hundredweight of popcorn to 6 cents to reflect the present rate, which was administratively increased in 2001 and has been charged of processors ever since. Additionally, subpart C is added to the Order, which prescribes late payment and interest charges on past due a...