§ 1139.86 - Deduction for marketing services.

(a) Except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this section, each handler in making payments to producers for milk pursuant to § 1139.74 (other than milk of the handler's own production) shall deduct 6 cents per hundredweight, or such lesser amount as may be prescribed by the Secretary, and shall pay such deductions to the market administrator on or before the 14th day after the end of the month.

(b) The monies acquired by the market administrator pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall be expended by the market administrator to provide market information, and to verify or establish the weights, samples and tests of milk of any producer for whom a cooperative association is not performing the same services on a comparable basis as determined by the Secretary.