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| SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | Telephone (803) 734-2210 | |||||
| D. LESLIE TINDAL, COMMISSIONER | Becky Walton, Director of Public Information | |||||
| P.O. Box 11280, Columbia, South Carolina 29211 | bwalton@scda.state.sc.us | |||||
| www.scda.state.sc.us |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 24, 2002
USDA Names Two South Carolinians to the National Tobacco Advisory Committee
WASHINGTON, October 22, 2002—The U.S. Department of Agriculture named two South Carolinians as a member and alternate member to the National Advisory Committee for Tobacco Inspection Services. Members and alternates serve a two-year term ending Sept. 17, 2004.
The committee advises the secretary on the level of services needed to provide USDA inspection for the major types of tobacco and on fees to charge for these services.
Newly appointed members, followed by their alternates, for South Carolina are: Donald Keith Allen, Latta, S.C., and Floyd Coleman Worley, Nichols, S.C.
Appointees may serve a maximum of three 2-year terms as members and alternates.
Section 5 on the Tobacco Inspection Act of 1935, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public law 97.35, requires the establishment of a National Advisory Committee for tobacco producers for each kind of tobacco. The committee was established in March 1982 and consists of tobacco producers representing all U.S. tobacco production areas and meets at the secretary’s request.
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