Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§6403 Authority to Issue Orders
Title 7 › Chapter 93— PROCESSOR-FUNDED MILK PROMOTION PROGRAM › § 6403
Summary
The Secretary must issue and can update orders that apply to every fluid milk processor. Those orders let fees be collected on fluid milk products to pay for research and advertising under this chapter, must cover the whole country, and only one such order can be in effect at a time.
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Title 7, §6403
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(a)To effectuate the declared policy under section 6401(b) of this title, the Secretary shall issue and from time to time may amend, orders applicable to all fluid milk processors, authorizing—
(1)the collection of assessments on fluid milk products subject to this chapter; and
(2)the use of the assessments to provide research and advertising in a manner prescribed by this chapter.
(b)Any order issued under this chapter shall be national in scope.
(c)Not more than one order shall be in effect under this chapter at any one time.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 6403
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60