Notice is hereby given that the Arkansas Department of Agriculture is repealing Rules on Catfish Processors in Arkansas, 2 CAR Pt. 23. Act 577 of 2025 repealed the Arkansas Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act of 1987, codified at Arkansas Code § 2-6-101, et seq., which requires the repeal of Rules on Catfish Processors in Arkansas, 2 CAR Pt. 23.
A complete copy of the proposed rule amendments is available at https://agriculture.arkansas.gov/resources/about/rules/.
Interested parties may submit comments to the proposed rule amendments until January 13, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Public comments will be accepted by email to [email protected] or by mail to Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Attn: Matthew M. Ford, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205. Oral and written comments received during the public comment period will be made part of the record.
This Legal Notice will be published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on December 14, 15, and 16, 2025.
Matthew M. Ford
Chief Legal Counsel, Arkansas Department of Agriculture