2001 U.S. Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 76 - DAIRY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION
SUBCHAPTER I - DAIRY PROMOTION PROGRAM
Sec. 4502 - Definitions

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§4502. Definitions

As used in this subchapter—

(a) the term “Board” means the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board established under section 4504 of this title;

(b) the term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture;

(c) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture;

(d) the term “milk” means any class of cow's milk produced in the United States;

(e) the term “dairy products” means products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk, and includes fluid milk products;

(f) the term “fluid milk products” means those milk products normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage;

(g) the term “person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other entity;

(h) the term “producer” means any person engaged in the production of milk for commercial use;

(i) the term “promotion” means actions such as paid advertising, sales promotion, and publicity to advance the image and sales of and demand for dairy products;

(j) the term “research” means studies testing the effectiveness of market development and promotion efforts, studies relating to the nutritional value of milk and dairy products, and other related efforts to expand demand for milk and dairy products;

(k) the term “nutrition education” means those activities intended to broaden the understanding of sound nutritional principles including the role of milk and dairy products in a balanced diet; and

(l) the term “United States” as used in sections 4501 through 4508 of this title means the forty-eight contiguous States in the continental United States.

(Pub. L. 98–180, title I, §111, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1136.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 31 section 3903.