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Fruit/Vegetable Inspection Fees

Contact: Robert Rondeau at Robert.Rondeau@state.ma.us - (617) 626-1804

Type Amt Per Other Fees
Minimum
Fee
Cold Storage Check Loads
Apples 7c package/ master carton Form 294 (Sanitary Certificate) $3.00 $10.00 $15.00
Potatoes: 9c cwt. $10.00 2c per cwt.
All other 7c container $10.00 2c per container

  Bulk Loads: All commodities - $50.00 

Weekly Fruit & Vegetable Inspections

Location Stationed at one location
Full Week $400.00 - 40 hour week
Partial Week Hourly Rate $15.00 per hour

 

The hourly rate will also be applied on all normal inspections consuming more than 4 hours actuarial inspection or writing time per customary car lot plus the commodity inspection fee.

The following applies only to overtime fees.

Charges for inspections started or completed from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M., Monday through Friday; also inspections made on Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays will be assessed on the following basis:

Regular inspection fee, plus $10.00 per hour.

Regulatory Authority: 801 CMR 4.02: M.G.L. C. 7, ss. 3B, 4; St. 1980, c. 572.