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Final ruleTook effect June 12, 2026

Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Decreased Assessment Rate

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register May 13, 2026. Document 2026-09502. Updated Nov. 11, 2026.

What it does

This final rule implements a recommendation from the California Date Administrative Committee (Committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 crop year and subsequent crop years from $0.15 to $0.05 per hundredweight for domestic dates produced or packed in Riverside County, California. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

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

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

7 CFR 987

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 June 12, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-09502
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesAgriculture Department; Agricultural Marketing Service
PublishedMay 13, 2026
Effective dateJune 12, 2026
DocketAMS-SC-24-0049

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