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Raisins Produced From Grapes Grown in California; Secretary's Decision and Referendum Order on Proposed Amendments to Marketing Order No. 989
The Agricultural Marketing Service published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on December 11, 2025.
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What the agency says
This decision proposes amendments to Marketing Order No. 989 (Order), which regulates the handling of raisins produced from grapes grown in California and provides producers with the opportunity to vote in a referendum to determine if they favor the proposed changes. The Raisin Administrative Committee, which locally administers the Order, recommended amendments that would reduce Committee size, eliminate the designated cooperative bargaining association member seat, lower quorum requirements, remove producer district representation, remove the requirement for separate member and alternate nominations for independent and small cooperative producers, remove factors for establishing marketing policy, add language to clarify the quality of reconditioned raisins, add authority to accept voluntary contributions, and add language regarding ownership of intellectual property. In addition, the Agricultural Marketing Service proposed to make any such changes to the Order as may be necessary to conform to any amendment that may result from the hearing.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-22596
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule and referendum order
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Agricultural Marketing Service
- Published
- December 11, 2025
- Dates
- The referendum will be conducted from January 12, 2026, through January 30, 2026. The representative period for the purpose of the referendum is August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. AMS-SC-23-0039
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 989
- Topics
- Grapes; Marketing agreements; Raisins; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 8
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