Avocados Grown in South Florida and Imported Avocados; Change in Maturity Requirements

What it does

This final rule implements a recommendation from the Avocado Administrative Committee (Committee) to change the maturity requirements under the marketing order for avocados grown in South Florida. This action updates the avocado maturity shipping schedule to allow certain sizes and weights of the Beta avocado variety to be shipped earlier than is currently allowed. This action also makes a corresponding change to the avocado import regulation, as required under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.

The Agricultural Marketing Service's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

2 parts of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

7 CFR 915, 7 CFR 944

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Agricultural Marketing Service has published 22 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 22 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective April 8, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket AMS-SC-23-0084 on Regulations.gov
• Title 7 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register