PMC 2.2 CA Dried Prunes--Application for Permission to Dispose o

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Fonn PMC 2.2

APPLICATION

TO:

FORPERMISSIONTO

DISPOSE OF SUBSTANDARD PRUNES

Date:

Prune MarketingCommittee
3841North FreewayBlvd., Suite 120
Sacramento,CA 95834

HANDLER
ADDRESS
NAME

ADDRESS

(I)
Our
Vendee (customer):
(2)
.Consignee (if other
than Vendee or User):
(3) .User. Manufacturer,
or Converter (if other
than above):
(4)
.Product
or Usage:
(6)
Weight to be shipped:

(5)
Period of
Shipment:

The undersigned hereby applies for permission to dispose of substandard prunes, to the person, and for the
usage shown below:
The undersigned agrees, in the event this application is for a nonhuman use, to supply the Committee with a
legible copy of the applicable biJI of lading or truck receipt pertaining to each shipment of substandard
prunes to be made under the Committee's approval number granted upon this application, and to submit or
cause to be submitted to the Committee a "Converter's Certificate of Nonhuman Usage of Dried Prunes",
Form PMC 2.7 promptly upon completion of usage of the prunes.

· Ifunknown the handler shall so indicate In the
applicable spaces, in which case approval shall be
withheld pending vendee or consignee furnishing the
missing information to the Committee.
(Handler)
By
(Authorized Signature)

Title

PMC2.2

INSTRUCTIONS: Prior to making any shipment of the following qualities of prunes, handlers are
required to file a written application on Fonn PMC 2.2 with the Committee for permission to make
such shipmentand receive the Committee'sapprovalthereof on Fonn 2.3:
Ouality of Prunes

Pennissible Uses

NON-FRENCH prunes failing to
meet size tolerances o( §993.150
(d). See below.

Any uses in which they lose form
and character as prunes by conversion prior to consumption.

SUBSTANDARD prunes not within
the maximmn tolerances for the defects
mold, imbedded dirt, insect infestation,
and decay.

Same as above.

SUBSTANDARD prunes not within
the maximum tolerances for the defects
mold, imbedded dirt. insect infestation,
and decay.

Nonhuman usage only- See §993.108
for the definition of a "nonhuman
consumption outlet".

Approval will not be granted for the pitting of substandardprunes. Application for the maceration of
substandardprunes into a product wherein they lose their fonn and character as prunes by pitting or a
process subsequent to pitting will be approved if they specify that such conversion will take place on
the handler's premises. Such approvalswill be subjectto the surveillanceof the inspector.
Non-French prunes failing to meet the size requirementsof §993.50 (c) of the Marketing Order. as
Amended. are. by definition, substandardprunes.
AUTHORITY:
This report is required by law (7 U.S.C. 608 (d), 7CFR §993.49 (c), and 7CFR §993.50 (c) and (e) and
7CFR §993.108, §993.149 (d). and 7CFR §993.150 (e)(l)(ii).
FAILURE TO REPORT can result in a fine afoot less that $50.00 or more than $5,000 for each such violation and each
day during which such violation continues shall be deemed a separate violation.
This infonnation is required to obtain authority from the Committee to dispose of substandard prunes and it will be used
for that purpose.
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collection is estimated to average l5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewmg instructions., searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
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