[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1209.71]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1209_MUSHROOM PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION ORDER--Table 
 
 Subpart A_Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order
 
Sec. 1209.71  Suspension or termination.

    (a) Whenever the Secretary finds that this subpart or any provision 
thereof obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of 
the Act, the Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of this 
subpart or such provision thereof.

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    (b)(1) Five years after the date on which this subpart becomes 
effective, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum among producers and 
importers to determine whether they favor continuation, termination, or 
suspension of this subpart.
    (2) Effective beginning three years after the date on which this 
subpart becomes effective, the Secretary, on request of a representative 
group comprising 30 percent or more of the number of mushroom producers 
and importers, may conduct a referendum to determine whether producers 
and importers favor termination or suspension of this subpart.
    (3) Whenever the Secretary determines that suspension or termination 
of this subpart is favored by a majority of the mushroom producers and 
importers voting in a referendum under paragraphs (b) (1) or (2) who, 
during a representative period determined by the Secretary, have been 
engaged in producing and importing mushrooms and who, on average, 
annually produced and imported more than 50 percent of the volume of 
mushrooms produced and imported by all those producers and importers 
voting in the referendum, the Secretary shall:
    (i) Suspend or terminate, as appropriate, collection of assessments 
within six months after making such determination; and
    (ii) Suspend or terminate, as appropriate, all activities under this 
subpart in an orderly manner as soon as practicable.
    (4) Referenda conducted under this subsection shall be conducted in 
such manner as the Secretary may prescribe.