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Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan; Realignment; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule
The Agricultural Marketing Service published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on September 9, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is withdrawing a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on September 19, 2025, that proposed adjusting the Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan (Plan) by realigning several production districts and reducing the number of importers on the National Watermelon Promotion Board (Board) from nine to seven. USDA found the calculation used to justify the change in the number of importers to be legally insufficient and is therefore withdrawing the proposed rule.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-18313
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; withdrawal
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Agricultural Marketing Service
- Published
- September 9, 2026
- Dates
- As of September 9, 2026, the proposed rule published on September 19, 2025, at 90 FR 45155, is withdrawn.
- Docket
- Doc. No. AMS-SC-25-0008
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 1210
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Advertising; Agricultural research; Consumer protection; Marketing agreements; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Watermelons
- Pages
- 1
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