§6102 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. It explains who and what the rules cover. "Commerce" means trade across state lines, with other countries, or within a state. "Consumer information" means info and programs to help people buy, prepare, and use mushrooms. "Council" means the Mushroom Council set up by the law. "Department" and "Secretary" mean the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its head. A "first handler" is a person who gets mushrooms from a grower and readies or sells them, or who readies or sells their own mushrooms. An "importer" or "producer" is someone who brings in or grows, on average, over 500,000 pounds a year. "Industry information," "promotion," and "research" mean programs, advertising, and studies to improve mushroom markets, image, production, quality, or nutrition. "Marketing" means selling or otherwise placing mushrooms into trade. "Mushrooms" means cultivated fresh mushrooms grown in or imported to the U.S., but not those commercially marinated, canned, frozen, cooked, blanched, dried, packed in brine, or otherwise processed as the Secretary decides. "Person" covers individuals and all kinds of business entities. "State" and "United States" include the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.