§2709 Termination or Suspension of Orders

Summary

The Secretary must stop or pause any order that gets in the way of or does not help the law’s goals. He can hold a referendum (vote) at any time and must hold one if at least 10 percent of the egg producers who voted to approve the order ask for it. If a majority of the producers voting — who produced eggs during a period the Secretary sets and who together made more than 50 percent of the eggs produced by those voters — vote to end or pause the order, the Secretary must end or pause it six months after he finds that result. Ending or pausing an order is not treated as a new order under the law.