California raisin growers can now run their committee with fewer people and less oversight

The US Agriculture Department is proposing changes to how California raisins are regulated. These changes would make the Raisin Administrative Committee smaller and remove some rules about how it operates.

This document proposes to simplify the rules for a specific agricultural committee. It means fewer people will be needed to run the committee, and they will have fewer formal requirements to meet. This could make it easier for the committee to make decisions, but it also reduces the number of voices at the table and removes some checks on their power.