Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › HORTICULTURE-FEES-STANDARDS › Chapter 16-390 - Fruit and vegetable inspection fees and other charges › Section 16-390-240 - USDA audit verification and terminal market inspection fees

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
WSDA performs audit and inspection services requested by
				  customers under a "cooperative agreement" with the United States Department of
				  Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA/AMS). Under USDA/AMS rules,
				  WSDA provides these services as a "federal-state inspection agency." Under
				  USDA/AMS regulations and the cooperative agreement, the fees that WSDA charges
				  for these services must be no less than the current USDA/AMS fees for these
				  services. The applicable current USDA/AMS fees were published in the Federal
				  Register in Vol. 88, No. 98 on May 22, 2023, under the "Fresh Fruits,
				  Vegetables, and Other Products (Inspection, Certification, and Standards)"
				  table and, for the mileage fee related to terminal market inspection, for
				  incorporation in the USDA/AMS "General Market Manual" at Appendix II, "Schedule
				  of User Fees." In conformity with the cooperative agreement, WSDA adopts the
				  same applicable fees for these services as set forth in this section.
(1) Mileage related to audit verification
				services is charged at the rate established by the Washington state office of
				financial management at the time the service was performed.
(2) Specialty crop fees/audit and terminal
				market fees:
Quality and Condition Inspections for Whole
							 Lots
$242.00 per lot
Quality and Condition Half Lot or Condition-Only
							 Inspections for Whole Lots
$200.00 per lot
Condition Half Lot
$185.00 per lot
Quality and Condition or Condition-Only Inspections
							 for Additional Lots of the Same Product
$110.00 per lot
Dockside Inspections - Each Package Weighing < 30
							 lbs.
$0.044 per pkg.
Dockside Inspections - Each Package Weighing > 30
							 lbs.
$0.068 per pkg.
Charge per Individual Product for Dockside
							 Inspection
$240.00 per lot
Charge per Each Additional Lot of the Same
							 Product
$110.00 per lot
Inspections for All Hourly Work
Regular
Overtime
Holiday
$116.00
$153.00
$190.00
Audit Services - Federal
$155.00 per audit
Audit Services - State
$155.00 per audit
GFSI Certification
							 Fee2
$250.00 per audit
2 Global Food Safety Initiative
				  (GFSI) Certification Fee-$250 per GFSI audit to recoup the costs associated
				  with attaining technical equivalency to the GFSI benchmarking
				  requirements.
(3) The
				mileage fee related to terminal market inspection services is $1.96 per mile.
				Round trip mileage will be charged from an inspector's assigned location to the
				inspection site.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.17.050,
					 2012 2nd sp.s. c
					 7 , and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 12-19-040,
					 § 16-390-240, filed 9/12/12, effective 10/13/12. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 15.17 and
					 34.05 RCW. 07-16-084, §
					 16-390-240, filed 7/30/07, effective 8/30/07. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 15.17,
					 34.05 RCW, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25.
					 04-11-078, § 16-390-240, filed 5/18/04, effective
					 6/18/04.