OMB No. 0581-0178

PMC 2.2 (Exp.3/31/2024 Destroy previous editions.

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO DISPOSE OF SUBSTANDARD PRUNES

TO: Prune Marketing Committee Date: _____________________

3840 Rosin Court, Suite 170

Sacramento, CA 95834

HANDLER _______________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________________

(1) Our Vendee 

(customer):

NAME ADDRESS

(2) *Consignee (if other 

than Vendee or User):

(3) *User, Manufacturer,

or Converter (if other than 

above):

(4) *Product or Usage: (5) Period of

Shipment:

(6) Weight to be shipped:

* If unknown 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. 

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 Prune 

Marketing Committee (Committee) with a legible copy of the applicable bill 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. 

_______________________________________

Handler

_______________________________________

Authorized Signature

_______________________________________

Title

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INSTRUCTIONS: Prior to making any shipment of the following qualities of prunes, handlers are 

required to file a written application on form PMC 2.2 with the Committee for permission to make such 

shipment and receive the Committee's approval thereof form 2.3: 

Quality of Prunes Permissible Uses

NON-FRENCH prunes failing to meet size Any uses in which they lose form and character

tolerances of § 993.150 (d). See below. as prunes by conversion prior to consumption. 

SUBSTANDARD prunes not within the Same as above. 

maximum tolerances for the defects mold,

imbedded dirt, insect infestation, and decay. 

SUBSTANDARD prunes not within the Nonhuman usage only--See § 993.108 

maximum tolerances for the defects mold, for the definition of a “nonhuman 

imbedded dirt, insect infestation, and decay. consumption outlet.”

Approval will not be granted for the pitting of substandard prunes. Application for the maceration of 

substandard prunes into a product wherein they lose their form 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 approvals will be subject to the surveillance of the inspector. 

Non-French prunes failing to meet the size requirements of § 993.50(c) of the Marketing Order, as

amended, are by definition, substandard prunes. 

AUTHORITY: This report is required by law (7 U.S.C. 608 (d), 7CFR 993.49 (c), 7CFR 993.50 (c), (e), 

7CFR 993.108, 993.149 (d), 993.150 (e)(l)(ii)). 

FAILURE TO REPORT can result in a fine of not less than $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 information is required to obtain authority from the Committee to dispose of substandard prunes and 

it will be used for that purpose. 

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, 

family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in 

any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by 

program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American 

Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA 

through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. 

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the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, 

employer, and lender.