Redistricting and Reapportionment of Committee Membership: Onions Grown in South Texas
Docket Number: AMS-SC-23-0040
Effective Date: September 3, 2024
Summary
Docket Number: AMS-SC-23-0040
Effective Date: September 3, 2024
Summary
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is modifying the membership structure of the South Texas Onion Committee. This action consolidates the geographic districts under the marketing order from two to one and reapportions committee membership among producers and handlers.
Effective systems for organizing product information are essential to producers and aggregators in local and regional food systems, especially those operating at the wholesale level. This project provides a template for utilizing data guidelines that will increase the consistency of fresh produce product data across the local foods sector.
The following reflect the steps followed for this rulemaking process. The current step in process is indicated in bold.