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Recent Rulemaking:
Avocados Grown in South Florida; Revisions to Grade and Container Requirements. Docket Number: AMS-FV-08-0022; FV08-915-1 FR. EFFECTIVE: November 13, 2008.
Avocados Grown in South Florida and Imported Avocados; Revision of the Maturity Requirements. Docket Number: AMS–FV–07–0054; FV07–915–2 FR. EFFECTIVE: May 13, 2008.
Avocados Grown in South Florida; Order Amending Marketing Order Number 915. Docket Number: AO-254-A10; AMS-FV-06-0220; FV06-915-2.
Major Provisions:
- Commodity Regulated: Avocados grown in South Florida
- Crop Shipping Season: June through March
- Fiscal Year: April 1 through March 31
- Production Area(s): South Florida. Regulated areas Florida, except the panhandle
- Order Authority and Regulations: Marketing order authorizes grade, size, quality, maturity, container, and pack requirements for Florida avocados. It also authorizes regulations on the size, capacity, and weight of the containers used to ship avocados to market. Minimum grade, size, and maturity requirements established under the order also are applied to imported avocados.
- Research and Promotion: Projects are also currently active in production research and marketing research and development.
- The order was promulgated in 1954 and was last amended under formal rulemaking on March 9, 1987.
- 8e Requirements: 8e requirements specify that imported commodities must meet the same or comparable minimum grade, size, quality, and maturity requirements, as those specified under this marketing order.
Committee Structure: The Avocado Administrative Committee is administered locally by 10 members: five growers, four handlers, and one public member. Each member has an alternate. Membership is also allocated according to district, with District 1 (Dade County) represented by four growers and three handlers, and District 2 (all the production area except Dade County) by one grower and one handler. Committee members and alternates serve one-year terms of office from April 1 to March 31. Members may serve a maximum of three consecutive terms. In District 1, producer and handler members are nominated at nomination meetings, while in District 2, members are nominated by mail ballots.
Contacts: Alan Flinn, Manager, P.O. Box 900188, Homestead, Florida 33090-0188, Phone: (305) 247-0848; FAX: (305) 245-1315
AMS Contact: Chief, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, Phone: (202) 720-2491
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