Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§6408 Permissive Terms

Title 7 › Chapter 93— PROCESSOR-FUNDED MILK PROMOTION PROGRAM › § 6408

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Orders under this chapter may set up and run programs to advertise fluid milk and use the money collected under the chapter to pay for those programs. They may also fund research and studies that help with the advertising. Orders can allow building a reserve from assessment money to keep advertising and research going when income drops, but the reserve cannot be more than 25 percent of the order’s current fiscal year operation budget. The order may include other terms that fit with the chapter to make it work.

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Title 7, §6408

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(a)Each order issued under this chapter may contain one or more of the terms and conditions described in this section.

(b)The order may provide for the establishment, issuance, effectuation, and administration of appropriate programs or projects for the advertising of fluid milk products and the use of funds collected under this chapter for such programs or projects.

(c)The order may provide for establishing and carrying out research projects and studies to support the advertising efforts for fluid milk products, and the use of funds collected under the order for such projects and studies.

(d)The order may provide authority to accumulate reserve funds from assessments collected pursuant to the order, to permit an effective and continuous coordinated program of research and advertising in years when the assessment income may be reduced, except that the total reserve fund may not exceed 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the operation in the current fiscal year of the order.

(e)The order may contain such other terms and conditions incidental to and not inconsistent with the terms and conditions specified in this chapter as are necessary to effectuate the other provisions of the order.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 6408

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60