Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§7441 Findings and declaration of policy

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 101— - AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - CANOLA AND RAPESEED › § 7441

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a national program paid for by fees on U.S. canola and rapeseed to fund research, promotion, and information for consumers and the industry. The program’s purpose is to help the canola and rapeseed industry sell more, keep and grow markets at home and abroad, and find new uses. It will be set up in an orderly way and will not limit how much any producer may grow. Congress found that canola and rapeseed are healthy and important to the U.S. economy, that many farmers and processors handle them, and that people here and in other countries use them. It also found that steady supply, fair prices, better marketing, and coordinated research and promotion are needed, and that these products move in interstate and foreign trade.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §7441

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(a)Congress finds that—

(1)canola and rapeseed products are an important and nutritious part of the human diet;

(2)the production of canola and rapeseed products plays a significant role in the economy of the United States in that—

(A)canola and rapeseed products are produced by thousands of canola and rapeseed producers and processed by numerous processing entities; and

(B)canola and rapeseed products produced in the United States are consumed by people throughout the United States and foreign countries;

(3)canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products should be readily available and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers have an adequate supply of canola and rapeseed products at a reasonable price;

(4)the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and development of new markets for canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products are vital to the welfare of canola and rapeseed producers and processors and those persons concerned with marketing canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products, as well as to the general economy of the United States, and are necessary to ensure the ready availability and efficient marketing of canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products;

(5)there exist established State and national organizations conducting canola and rapeseed research, promotion, and consumer education programs that are valuable to the efforts of promoting the consumption of canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products;

(6)the cooperative development, financing, and implementation of a coordinated national program of canola and rapeseed research, promotion, consumer information, and industry information is necessary to maintain and expand existing markets and develop new markets for canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products; and

(7)canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products that do not move in interstate or foreign commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce in canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products.

(b)It is the policy of this subchapter to establish an orderly procedure for developing, financing through assessments on domestically produced canola and rapeseed, and implementing a program of research, promotion, consumer information, and industry information designed to strengthen the position in the marketplace of the canola and rapeseed industry, to maintain and expand existing domestic and foreign markets and uses for canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products, and to develop new markets and uses for canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products.

(c)Nothing in this subchapter provides for the control of production or otherwise limits the right of individual producers to produce canola, rapeseed, or canola or rapeseed products.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 7441

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73