PMC 4.6 (993) CA Dried Prunes Report of Sorting Charges

OMB No. 0581-0178

REPORT OF SORTING CHARGES

TO: Prune Marketing Committee

3840 Rosin Court, Suite 170

Sacramento, CA 95834

HANDLER: __________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________________

We certify to the Prune Marketing Committee (Committee) and to the Secretary of Agriculture that sorting charges deducted or to be deducted from prune producers and dehydrators on our financial settlements for 20___ crop prunes purchased from them are as follows:

Cents Per Pound of

1. Size Ranges Substandard Prunes Over Tolerance

Variety	Size Count

2. Lots “automatically” considered 100% Substandard:

Variety	Size	Quality

3. Lots on which no sorting charges deducted:

4. Any other special qualifications: ___________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

Handler: _____________________________________________________________________________

Signature: _______________________________________ Title: ___________________________

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The issuance or a false certificate knowing it to be false is a violation of title 18, section 1001 of the United States Code which provides a penalty of a fine or imprisonment, or both.

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PMC 4.6 (Exp. x/xxxx) Destroy previous versions.