AMS to Hold Vote on Mango Importer Assessments
The Agricultural Marketing Service will hold a referendum Sept. 21 through Oct. 9 on whether to keep in place a promotion order on mangoes, it said in a notice published Aug. 18. Under the promotion order, importers and first handlers…
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of above 500,000 pounds of fresh mangoes per year must pay an assessment of .0075 cent per pound, and importers and first handlers of more than 200,000 pounds of frozen mangoes per year must pay an assessment of 1 cent per pound, to fund research and promotion activities. The referendum will also determine whether to continue to include frozen mangoes under the promotion order.