Updates to the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order

Document 2026-04694 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on March 10, 2026, with an effective date of April 9, 2026. This final rule implements updates to the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (Order). The updates increase the mandatory assessment rate from 5 cents per hundredweight of popcorn to 6 cents to reflect the present rate, which was administratively increased in 2001 and has been charged of processors ever since. Additionally, subpart C is added to the Order, which prescribes late payment and interest charges on past due assessments. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/10/2026-04694/updates-to-the-popcorn-promotion-research-and-consumer-information-order.

No. Document 2026-04694 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.