Monthly First Handler Report

FIRST HANDLER’S REPORT FOR HONEY PACKERS AND IMPORTERS RESEARCH, PROMOTION, CONSUMER EDUCATION, AND INDUSTRY INFORMATION ORDER

OMB #0581-NEW

The following statements are made in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (U.S.C. 552a) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The authority for requesting this information to be supplied on this form is the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-127, 110 Stat. 1032 (7 U.S.C. 7411-7425).

Name: ____________________________________________________________

Company Name: ___________________________________________________ Tax ID# or SS#: ___________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

City: ___________________ State: ____________ Zip Code: _____________ E-Mail: _________________________

Phone No.: ______________________ Fax No.:________________ Web-site: _____________________________

PERIOD COVERED BY THIS REPORT: DATE OF LAST REPORT:

FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE, YOU MAY ATTACH YOUR OWN SEPARATE SHEETS. For questions about completing this report call (XXX) xxx-xxxx

SECTION 1: This section represents all assessable honey or honey products.

1.) LIST POUNDS OF HONEY OR HONEY PRODUCTS OF YOUR OWN PRODUCTION HANDLED: ____________________

2.) LIST POUNDS OF HONEY OR HONEY PRODUCTS PURCHASED FROM PRODUCERS:

List the name and address of each producer along with the corresponding pounds purchased from each producer.

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TOTAL ALL POUNDS FROM 1 AND 2 ABOVE.

TOTAL AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENTS DUE: Assessment of $0.xxx per pound is due with this report. x 0.xxx

SECTION 2:

1. LIST POUNDS OF HONEY OR HONEY PRODUCTS PURCHASED FROM OTHER FIRST HANDLERS, OR IMPORTERS:

List each handler’s name and address along with the corresponding pounds. These are honey or honey products purchased on which the assessment has already been paid by the supplier.

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2. LIST POUNDS OF HONEY OR HONEY PRODUCTS YOU HAVE IMPORTED ___________________

(Assessments have already been paid)

CERTIFICATION: I certify that the above information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and the attached payment represents $0.xxx per pound on all honey or honey

products listed in section 1 handled during this reporting period for which I am required to pay the assessments as the first handler. The assessments on the pounds reported in section 2

have been reported and remitted by others for my account. I will submit verification of the above upon request.

SIGNATURE

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Please Mail To: Honey Packers and Importers Board

Street, City, State, Zip Code

This report is required by law [7 U.S.C. 7416, 7 CFR Part 1212.52 and 7 CFR Part 1212.70]. Failure to report can result in a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $10,000 for each such violation. Each such violation shall be deemed a separate violation. The making of any false statement or representation on this form, knowing it to be false, is a violation of Title 18, Section 1001 United States Code, which provides for the penalty of a fine of $10,000 or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both.

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