Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§2715 Certification of organizations; required contents of report as criteria

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 60— - EGG RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION › § 2715

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must decide which groups can represent commercial egg producers to ask for an order and to help pick nominees. To decide, the Secretary looks at a factual report the group sends and other information the Secretary wants. The report must show where the group’s members live, how many members it has and how many are egg producers, a breakdown of egg production by State, how producers help set the group’s policies, how stable and long-lasting the group is, where the group gets its money, what the group does, and whether it can and will support the program’s goals. The main thing the Secretary will check is whether the group’s egg-producer members include a substantial number of producers who together make a substantial volume of commercial eggs. The Secretary must certify any group found eligible, and that decision is final. If more than one group is certified in the same area, they may meet together to choose the area’s nominees.

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Title 7, §2715

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The eligibility of any organization to represent commercial egg producers of any egg producing area of the United States to request the issuance of an order under section 2704 of this title, and to participate in the making of nominations under section 2707(b) of this title shall be certified by the Secretary. Certification shall be based, in addition to other available information, upon a factual report submitted by the organization which shall contain information deemed relevant and specified by the Secretary for the making of such determination, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a)Geographic territory covered by the organization’s active membership.

(b)Nature and size of the organization’s active membership, proportion of total of such active membership accounted for by producers of commercial eggs, a chart showing the egg production by State in which the organization has members, and the volume of commercial eggs produced by the organization’s active membership in each such State,

(c)The extent to which the commercial egg producer membership of such organization is represented in setting the organization’s policies,

(d)Evidence of stability and permanency of the organization,

(e)Sources from which the organization’s operating funds are derived,

(f)Functions of the organization, and

(g)The organization’s ability and willingness to further the aims and objectives of this chapter: Provided, however, That the primary consideration in determining the eligibility of an organization shall be whether its commercial egg producer membership consists of a substantial number of egg producers who produce a substantial volume of commercial eggs. The Secretary shall certify any organization which he finds to be eligible under this section and his determination as to eligibility shall be final. Where more than one organization is certified in any geographic area, such organizations may caucus to determine the area’s nominations under section 2707(b) of this title.

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7 U.S.C. § 2715

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73