FV-69 Marketing Agreement (FL. Tomatoes)

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURALMARKETING SERVICE
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAMS

MARKETINGAGREEMENT, AS FURTHER AMENDED, REGULATING
THE HANDLING OF TOMATOES GROWN IN FLORIDA
The parties hereto, in order to effectuate the declared policy of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (the
Act), as amended (Secs. 1-19,48 Stat. 31, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 601-674), and in accordance with the applicable rules of
practice and procedure effective thereunder (7 CFR Part 900), desire to enter into this agreement further amending the
marketing agreement regulating the handling of tomatoes grown in the Florida production area; and each party hereto agrees
that such handling of tomatoes shall be in conformity to, and in compliance with, the provisions of said marketing agreement as
hereby further amended. Such terms and conditions are as follows:

The provisions of Sections 966.1 to 966.92, inclusive, of Marketing Order No. 966 as amended (7 CFR Part 966), and
as further amended by the order annexed to and made a part of the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) with
respect to a proposed marketing agreement and order regulating the handling of tomatoes grown in Florida, plus the additional
provisions hereinafter set forth, shall be, and hereby are, the terms and conditions hereof; and the specified provisions of said

annexed order are hereby incorporated into this marketing agreement as if set forth in full herein. The additional provisions are
as follows:

Section 966.93 Counteroarts.
This agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts and when one counterpart is signed by the Secretary, all
such counterparts shall constitute, when taken together, one and the same instrument as if all signatures were contained in one
original.

Section 966.94 Additional parties.
After the effective date hereof, any handler may become a party to this agreement if a counterpart is executed by such
handler and delivered to the Secretary. This agreement shall take effect as to such new contracting party at the time such
counterpart is delivered to the Secretary, and the benefits, privileges, and immunities conferred by this agreement shall then be
effective as to such new contracting party.

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Each signatory handler hereby requests the Secretary to issue, pursuant to the Act, an order providing for regulating
the handling of tomatoes in the same manner as is provided in this agreement; and each signatory handler hereby requests the
Secretary to issue, pursuant to the Act, such an order.

The undersigned hereby authorizes the Deputy Administrator or Associate Deputy Administrator, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, to correct any typographical
errors which may have been made in this marketing agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the contracting parties, acting under the provisions of the Act, for the purpose and subject to
the limitations therein contained, and not otherwise, have hereto set their respective signatures and seals.
By:
(Firm Name)

(Signature)

(Mailing Address)

(Title)

(City, State, and ZIP Code)

(Date of Execution)

(Corporate Seal: if none, so state)

11fone of the contracting parties to this agreement is a corporation, my signature constitutes certification that I have the power
granted to me by the Board of Directors to bind this corporation to the marketing agreement.
The following statements are made in accurdance 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 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, Section 1-19,48 51a1.31, as amended, (J U.S.C. 601-674). Furnishing the requested information is necessary for
the administration of the marketing order program.

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