AMS Ends Collection of Importer Assessments for Processed Raspberries

The Agricultural Marketing Service is ending collection of a 1 cent per pound assessment on importers and producers of processed raspberries, it said in a final rule. Eligible importers and producers voted in a referendum that ended in October to terminate the associated promotion, research and information order on processed raspberries (see 1807290006), AMS said. “The remaining provisions of the Order and regulations issued thereunder will [be] terminated at a later date,” it said. The rule is effective Feb. 21.