The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing a rule to establish the salable quantities of Scotch and Native spearmint oil produced in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and parts of Nevada and Utah that handlers may purchase from producers, or handle on their behalf, during the 2023-2024 marketing year.
This action would set the salable quantity of Class 1 (Scotch) spearmint oil at 772,704 pounds with an allotment percentage of 34 percent, and the salable quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil at 1,034,492 pounds with an allotment percentage of 40 percent. The Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee recommended this action to satisfy the needs of the spearmint oil market while limiting the possibility of oversupplying it.
The proposed rule for this action was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 3, 2023. Written comments are due by Feb. 2, 2023.
Comments concerning the proposed change can be submitted at regulations.gov. All comments on the proposed rule submitted by the deadline will be made available for public review and will be considered before publication of the final rule.
More information about the marketing order is available on the AMS 985 Spearmint Oil webpage, Marketing Orders and Agreements webpage, or by contacting the Market Development Division at (202) 720-2491.
Authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, marketing orders are industry-driven programs that help producers and handlers achieve marketing success by leveraging their own funds to design and execute programs that they would not be able to do individually. AMS provides oversight to fruit vegetable and specialty crops marketing orders to ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.
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