# Onions Grown in South Texas; Removal of Sunday Packing and Loading Prohibitions
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 1998-02-24 · Effective 1998-02-25 · 63 FR 9128
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-4596
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 9128
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 959
- **Publication date:** 1998-02-24
- **Effective date:** 1998-02-25
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. FV98-959-2 IFR
## Abstract

This rule changes the handling regulation under the South Texas onion marketing order by removing the Sunday packing and loading prohibitions. The marketing order regulates the handling of onions grown in South Texas and is administered locally by the South Texas Onion Committee (Committee). This rule will allow the South Texas onion industry to compete more effectively with other growing areas, better meet buyer needs, and increase supplies of South Texas onions in the marketplace.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/02/24/98-4596/onions-grown-in-south-texas-removal-of-sunday-packing-and-loading-prohibitions)
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