US Department of Agriculture Adopts New Assessment Rates for Tart Cherry Products

Summary

The US Department of Agriculture has finalized a rule reducing the assessment rates for tart cherries used in juice, juice concentrate, and puree production, and those used in other products, from $0.0025 to $0.00225 per pound and from $0.00125 to $0.001125 per pound, respectively, for the 1999-2000 fiscal period and beyond.