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AMS Proposes Changes to Walnut Marketing Order Requirements

The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing changes to the marketing order on walnuts that include the elimination of mandatory inspection and certification requirements, a new mechanism for collecting assessments, a new authority for collecting late payments and an assessment rate…

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of $0.0125 per in-shell pound of walnuts, it said in a notice in the Oct. 25 Federal Register. The proposed changes would allow the collection of assessments, currently on pause, to resume, the AMS said. Written exceptions are due Nov. 25.