AMS to Hold Vote on Processed Raspberry Importer Assessments

The Agricultural Marketing Service will hold a referendum on whether to keep in place a promotion order on processed raspberries, it said in a notice. Under the promotion order, importers and domestic producers of above 20,000 pounds of processed raspberries per year must pay an assessment of 1 cent per pound to fund research and promotion activities. Voters in the referendum must produce or import in volumes above that threshold. The referendum will be held Sept. 10 through Oct. 5.