United States - Apply for certificate of Lamb Organization

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Procedure

Apply By Mail:

1. To Apply for certificate of Lamb Organization, the applicant has to make the application to Livestock and Poultry Program, AMS, USDA link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer.
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
4. Make sure that the applicant has attached all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.
8. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
9. An acknowledgment receipt will be provided. Please save it for future reference.
10. Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
11. Once the process gets completed, the applicant gets a call from the office regarding the application.
12. This entire process can be completed within 5 – 7 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

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Required Documents

• Passport size photographs
• Finger print cards
• Employer identification proof
• license application fee
• Application form

Office Locations & Contacts

Mailing Address
Livestock and Poultry Program, AMS, USDA
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.; Room 2625-S; STOP 0251
Washington, D.C. 20250-0251
Phone: (202) 720-0633
Contact link
Field office link

Eligibility

• To market or handle lamb or lamb products in the United States, the applicant must be a producer, feeder, seed stock producer, or first handler who pays the necessary assessment.
• A certified producer group must recommend the applicant and they must submit a full application.

Fees

• The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.

Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Processing Time

• The processing time will take approximately 5 to 7 days from the receipt of a properly completed application.

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Instructions

• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

Required Information

• Name and address of organization
• Telephone
• Type of organization
• Total active membership
• Number of active members engaged lamb production feeding or slaughter
• Total estimated "producer" sales of first handler purchase of lamb by active members
• As evidence of the stability and permanency of the organization
• List the source(s) from which the organization's operating funds are derived
• Describe the functions of the organization
• Describe the organization's ability and willingness to further the purpose and objectives of the lamb order
• Describe the geographic territory covered by the active membership of the organization
• Describe the nature or make-up of your active membership. Indicate the proportion of the total number of producers, seed stock
• Producer, feeders, and first handlers in the state or geographic area served which are active members of the organization
• Signature
• Date
• Name and title of person completing this application

Need for the Document

• The application must be completed by any producer, seed stock producer, feeder, or first handler organisation or association that wants to be certified to nominate members to the board.

Information which might help

• The following factors are used to determine whether state, regional, or national groups are eligible to participate in nominating candidates for board membership:
• The organization's membership is primarily made up of producers, seed stock producers, feeders, or first handlers who market or handle a significant amount of lamb or lamb products, and one of the organization's principal goals is to produce or market lamb or lamb products.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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