7 U.S.C. § 4502: Definitions

Summary

Sets plain meanings for words used in the dairy promotion program. Board means the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Department and Secretary mean the Department of Agriculture and the Secretary of Agriculture. Milk means any class of cow’s milk. Dairy products are foods and drinks made from milk, including fluid milk products, which are milk usually drunk as a beverage. Person means an individual, group, business, cooperative, or other entity. Producer means someone who produces milk for commercial sale. Promotion means paid advertising, sales efforts, publicity, and similar actions to boost dairy demand. Research means studies on marketing, nutrition, and other work to expand demand. Nutrition education means activities that teach nutrition and milk’s role in a balanced diet. United States includes all States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Imported dairy product means dairy brought into the United States and includes (1) milk, cream, and fresh or dried dairy goods; (2) butter and butterfat mixtures; (3) cheese; and (4) casein and mixes. Importer means a person who brings such products into the United States. Customs means the United States Customs Service.

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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;

(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;

(l)the term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;

(m)the term “imported dairy product” means any dairy product that is imported into the United States, including dairy products imported into the United States in the form of—

(1)milk, cream, and fresh and dried dairy products;

(2)butter and butterfat mixtures;

(3)cheese; and

(4)casein and mixtures;

(n)the term “importer” means a person that imports an imported dairy product into the United States; and

(o)the term “Customs” means the United States Customs Service.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

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to this section. The

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by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 110–246, § 1507(b)(1), added subsec. (l) and struck out former subsec. (l) which read as follows: “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;”. Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 110–246, § 1507(b)(2), struck out “(as defined in subsection (l) of this section)” before “, including”. 2002—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–171, § 1505(h)(2), struck out “produced in the United States” before semicolon at end. Subsec. (m) to (o). Pub. L. 107–171, § 1505(a), added subsecs. (m) to (o).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

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note under section 8701 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

For

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, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.

§4502 Definitions

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