Docket Number: AMS-SC-21-0094
Dates: This referendum will be conducted by express mail and electronic ballot from August 8, 2022 through August 26, 2022. To be eligible to vote, first handlers and importers must have handled or imported 250,000 or more pounds of honey or honey products during the representative period from January 1 through December 31, 2021, are subject to assessments under the Honey Packers and Importers Research, Promotion, Consumer Education and Industry Information Order (Order), and excluding those exempt from assessment under the Order. Ballots delivered via express mail or electronic ballot must show proof of delivery by no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on August 26, 2022 to be counted.
Summary
This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible first handlers and importers of honey or honey products to determine whether they favor continuance of the Agriculture Marketing Service's regulations regarding a national honey packers and importers research and promotion program.
Addresses
Copies of the Honey Packers and Importers Research, Promotion, Consumer Education and Industry Information Order may be obtained from: Referendum Agent, Market Development Division, Specialty Crops Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 1406-S, Stop 0244, Washington, DC 20250-0244, telephone: (202) 720-9915; or contact Katie Cook at (202) 617-4760 or via electronic mail: Katie.Cook@usda.gov.
Contact
Katie Cook, Marketing Specialist, MDD, SCP, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 1406-S, Stop 0244, Washington, DC 20250-0244; telephone: (202) 617-4760; or electronic mail: Katie.Cook@usda.gov.
Supporting Documents