[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR987]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 987_DOMESTIC DATES PRODUCED OR PACKED IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, 
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  987.33  Research and promotion.

    (a) The Committee, with the approval of the Secretary, may establish 
or provide for the establishment of marketing research and development 
projects, including marketing promotion and paid advertising, designed 
to assist, improve, or promote the marketing, distribution, and 
consumption of dates. The expenses of such projects

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shall be paid from funds collected pursuant to Sec.  987.72. Upon 
conclusion of each program, but at least annually, the Committee shall 
summarize and report on the program status and accomplishments, to its 
members and the Secretary. A similar report to the Committee shall be 
required of any contracting party on any paid advertising or major 
program. Also, for each advertising or major program the contracting 
party shall be required to maintain records of money received and 
expenditures and such shall be available to the Committee and the 
Secretary. The Committee shall, with the approval of the Secretary, 
establish criteria which will determine such major program.
    (b) [Reserved]

[32 FR 12595, Aug. 31, 1967, as amended at 36 FR 15038, Aug. 12, 1971; 
43 FR 4252, Feb. 1, 1978]

                            Marketing Policy