Subcommittee Reviews Federal Milk Marketing Order Rulemaking Procedures
US - The House Ag Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry met to review Federal Milk Marketing Order rulemaking procedures. According to Subcommittee Chair Leonard Boswell, there is consensus throughout the dairy industry that rulemaking procedures take too long.
27 April 2007
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Boswell says Congress needs to ensure the process is quick and efficient. And as lawmakers work to write a new farm bill, he says the subcommittee will consider different proposals to change the Federal Milk Marketing Order system, and perhaps even create a commission to look at ways to streamline the system.
The Federal Milk Marketing Orders are designed to ensure milk reaches consumers at a fair price and in a time sensitive fashion. Periodically, the Ag Committee reviews the order rulemaking procedures to make sure they are keeping up with technology, new product development and dairy production.
