# Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Decreased Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Affirmation of interim final rule as final rule. · Published 2010-03-08 · Effective 2010-03-09 · 75 FR 10409
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-4779
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 10409
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 966
- **Publication date:** 2010-03-08
- **Effective date:** 2010-03-09
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-09-0063
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule that decreased the assessment rate established for the Florida Tomato Committee (Committee), for the 2009-10 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.0375 to $0.0275 per 25-pound carton of tomatoes handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order, which regulates the handling of tomatoes grown in Florida. The interim final rule was necessary to align the Committee's expected revenue with decreases in its proposed budget for the 2009-10 and subsequent fiscal periods, which began on August 1. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/03/08/2010-4779/tomatoes-grown-in-florida-decreased-assessment-rate)
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