# Onions Grown in Certain Designated Counties in Idaho, and Malheur County, Oregon; Relaxation of Pack and Marking Requirements
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 1996-07-31 · Effective 1996-08-01 · 61 FR 39839
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-19375
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 39839
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 958
- **Publication date:** 1996-07-31
- **Effective date:** 1996-08-01
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. FV96-958-3 IFR
## Abstract

This interim final rule permits bulk shipments of U.S. Commercial and U.S. No. 2 grade onions which contain more than 30 percent U.S. No. 1 grade onions. A bulk shipment is one in which the onions are packed in containers weighing 60 pounds or more. This rule also removes the requirement that bulk containers of onions packed as U.S. Commercial grade shall have the grade marked permanently and conspicuously on the containers. These changes are intended to improve the marketing of such onions, reduce handler packing costs, and increase returns to growers. These changes were recommended by the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee (committee), the agency responsible for the local administration of the marketing order for onions grown in certain designated counties in Idaho, and Malheur County, Oregon.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/07/31/96-19375/onions-grown-in-certain-designated-counties-in-idaho-and-malheur-county-oregon-relaxation-of-pack)
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