Senators, onion industry warn of opening floodgates to imports if USDA drops marketing order

摘要

Lawmakers have joined the US onion industry in pushing back against a proposal by USDA to ditch a federal marketing order that covers onions grown in South Texas and imports. Specific commodities, including onions, are regulated under federal marketing orders, and imports into the US are prohibited unless they meet the same or comparable grade, size, quality, or maturity requirements as those in effect for the domestically produced commodities.