The National Honey Board is a research and promotion program that provides the honey industry with consumer information, conducts research, educates health professionals, and brings people together from all corners of the industry to collectively work towards strengthening the market for honey in the United States.

The Almond Board of California administers the marketing order which authorizes implementation of research and promotion programs, quality requirements, and regulation of the flow of product to market.

Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that almond producers in California voted to continue their marketing order program in a referendum held Dec. 4-20, 2024.

Docket Number: AMS-NOP-24-0081

Dates: A virtual meeting will be held April 29-May 1, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) each day. The NOSB will hear oral public comments via webinars on Tuesday, April 22 and Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The deadline to submit written comments and/or sign up for oral comment at the webinar meeting is 11:59 p.m. ET, April 28, 2025.

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Live Animal Requirements - AAA – Live Animal Specification (pdf) or RAAA - Live Animal Specification (pdf)

USDA Certified Information - G-161 Specification (pdf), effective January 2025.

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The Kiwifruit Administrative Committee is a marketing order that provides the kiwifruit industry with the ability to recommend quality and marking, pack, and container regulations, as well as to establish a research and promotion program.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees for the committee to fill six member seats and their respective alternates for two-year terms beginning Aug. 1, 2025. Nominations will be accepted April 7 through 30, 2025.