CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER IX—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 900 to 999) > PART 989—RAISINS PRODUCED FROM GRAPES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA > SUBPART —Order Regulating Handling (§989.1 to §989.95) > 989.53—Research and development.

989.53—Research and development.

(a) General. The Committee, with the approval of the Secretary, may establish or provide for the establishment of projects involving marketing research and development and marketing promotion including paid advertising, designed to assist, improve, or promote the marketing, distribution, and consumption of raisins in domestic and foreign markets. These projects may include, but need not be limited to those designed to:
(1) Improve through research the accuracy of raisin production estimates;
(2) Improve through research the preparation for market, sanitation, quality, condition, storability, processing, or packaging of raisins;
(3) Ascertain through research the factors affecting acceptance of raisins by manufacturers or consumers;
(4) Promote the marketing, distribution, or consumption of raisins in domestic and foreign markets by collecting data thereon, consulting with members of the trade, and making the information available to producers, handlers, and exporters; and
(5) Promote the marketing, distribution, or consumption of raisins in foreign markets through the use of merchandising programs.

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The expense of any such project relating solely to free tonnage raisins shall be paid from funds collected pursuant to § 989.80 . The expense of any such project relating solely to reserve tonnage raisins shall be paid from the sale proceeds of such raisins. If any such project encompasses both free tonnage and reserve tonnage raisins, such as one which is designed to promote the consumption in export outlets of raisins generally on a long-term basis, the expense of the project may be allocated between the assessment fund and the pool fund.
(b) Creditable expenditures. The Committee, with the approval of the Secretary, may provide for crediting all or any portion of a handler's direct expenditures for marketing promotion, including paid advertising, that promotes the sale of raisins, raisin products, or their use. No handler shall receive credit for any allowable direct expenditures that would exceed the total of his assessment obligation which is attributable to that portion of his assessment designated for marketing promotion including paid advertising.
(c) Criteria. Before any project involving marketing promotion, including paid advertising, and the
crediting of the handler's pro rata expense assessment obligation of handlers is undertaken pursuant to this section, the Secretary after recommendation by the Committee, shall approve appropriate criteria to effectively regulate such activity.

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[48 FR 32976, July 20, 1983]