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HONEY INDUSTRY VOTES TO CONTINUE ITS RESEARCH AND PROMOTION PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2003 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced
today that honey producers and importers voted in a July-August referendum
to continue their Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order.
In the referendum, 59.24 percent of those who voted favored continuance of
the program. Those favoring continuance represented 61.37 percent of the
volume of honey produced and imported by those voting in the referendum.
To continue the program, voters representing more than 50 percent of the
honey produced and imported by those voting needed to favor the program.
The honey research and promotion program is administered by the National
Honey Board. It is funded by an assessment of one cent per pound on domestic
and imported honey. The order is authorized by the Honey Research,
Promotion, and Consumer Information Act. USDA's Agricultural Marketing
Service conducted the referendum by mail ballot.
Research and promotion programs help to expand, maintain, and develop
markets for individual agricultural commodities in the United States and
abroad. These industry self-help programs are requested and funded by the
industry groups that they serve. The secretary of agriculture appoints
national boards to carry out these programs. The boards conduct promotion,
market research, production research, and new product development under the
supervision of AMS. The programs are funded by assessments collected by the
board and, for import assessments, by the U.S. Customs Service. More
information about these programs is at http://www.ams.usda.gov/repromo.htm.
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