§2709 Termination or suspension of orders

Summary

The Secretary must stop or pause any order under this program if it gets in the way of the program’s goals. The Secretary can hold a vote (referendum) anytime, and must hold one if at least 10% of the egg producers who originally voted to approve the order ask for it. If a majority of the voters who actually produced commercial eggs during a period set by the Secretary — and who together made more than 50% of the egg volume of those voters — favor stopping or pausing the order, the Secretary must stop or pause it six months after making that finding. Stopping or pausing an order is not treated as creating a new order under these rules.