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Docket Number: AMS-SC-24-0040
Dates: The referendum will be conducted from October 28 through November 18, 2024. Only current hazelnut growers who have grown hazelnuts within the designated production area during the period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, are eligible to vote in this referendum.
Summary
The USDA Agricultural Market Service’s Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division (PACA) has received information that various entities and individuals may be falsely representing themselves as current PACA licensees and legitimate purchasers in the industry – ordering produce, arranging its pick-up and transport, and not paying for that produce.
On November 4, 2024, the Office of the Secretary and the Agricultural Marketing Service Commodity Procurement Program held a virtual meeting to discuss kosher and halal commodity purchase programs.
This meeting replaces the NOSB meeting scheduled for November 4 – 6, 2025, which was cancelled.
Location
Virtual
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will meet to discuss substances petitioned for addition to or deletion from the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List), substances due to sunset from the National List in 2027, and recommendations on organic policies.
Follow up from previous meeting:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced a proposed rule that revises the formulas used to calculate hourly fees for official inspection and weighing services performed under the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA).
USDA has established cooperative agreements focusing on three key areas to support participant success in the pilot:
POC: Nick Skarzynski, Contract Specialist, AMS Commodity Procurement Program, Phone (404) 562-5862, Email: Nicholas.Skarzynski@usda.gov
THIS IS A SPECIAL NOTICE FOR A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT, NOR IS IT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR OFFERS. RESPONSE TO THIS RFI IS VOLUNTARY.
