2011 U.S. Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 94 - ORGANIC CERTIFICATION (§§ 6501 - 6523)
Section 6501 - Purposes
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 94 - ORGANIC CERTIFICATION Sec. 6501 - Purposes |
| Contains | section 6501 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Short Titles | Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-624, title XXI, §2102, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3935. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 104 Stat. 3935 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 101-624 |
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It is the purpose of this chapter—
(1) to establish national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produced products;
(2) to assure consumers that organically produced products meet a consistent standard; and
(3) to facilitate interstate commerce in fresh and processed food that is organically produced.
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, §2102, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3935.)
Short TitleSection 2101 of title XXI of Pub. L. 101–624 provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Organic Foods Production Act of 1990’.”
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