§4802 Definitions

Summary

Defines the main words used for the pork promotion, research, and consumer information program. Board — the National Pork Board; Delegate Body — the National Pork Producers Delegate Body; consumer information — activities that teach the public about pork’s nutrition and its place in a healthy diet; imported — brought into U.S. customs territory or taken out of a warehouse there for use; importer — someone who brings pigs, pork, or pork products into the United States; order — the pork promotion, research, and consumer information order; person — an individual, business, group, or other entity; porcine animal — a pig raised as a feeder pig, seedstock (breeding stock), or for slaughter; pork — the meat of a pig; pork product — anything made wholly or partly from pork; producer — someone who raises pigs in the United States to sell; promotion — actions, including paid ads, to give pork a favorable image and boost sales; research — studies to improve or learn about image, desirability, nutrition, use, marketability, production, or quality of pigs or pork, and sharing the results; Secretary — the Secretary of Agriculture; State — each of the 50 States; State association — the single state pork producers group recognized by the state’s chief executive, or if none existed on January 1, 1986, an organization representing at least 50 producers who together market at least 10 percent of the state’s pork by weight; to market — to sell or otherwise dispose of pigs, pork, or pork products in commerce.