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USDA/AMS RIN: 0581-AC78 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: U.S. Honey Producer Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order 
Abstract: The U.S. Honey Producer Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order would be implemented under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996. The purpose of the new program would be to increase consumption of U.S. produced honey and honey products. This proposed new program will assist the U.S. honey industry to: Develop and finance an effective and coordinated program to strengthen the position of the U.S. honey industry: and maintain, develop, and expand existing markets for U.S. honey. In the past few decades, U.S. commercial bee keepers have seen a worrisome and dramatic decline in the population of U.S. honey bees. According to a report released in 2006 by the National Research Council, the population of American honey bees has plunged by 30 percent in 20 years and so has therefore production also declined substantially. It is the hope of the U.S. honey industry that a Research and Promotion Program will help increase consumption of U.S. honey. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: None     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 7 USC 7411 to 7425   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/00/2008    
Final Action  05/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Sonia Jimenez
Deputy Administrator, Specialty Crops Program
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing Service
Room 2535, 14th and Independence Avenue SW, South Building,
Washington, DC 20050-6456
Phone:202 720-4722
Email: sonia.jimenez@usda.gov