Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§7441 Findings and Declaration of Policy

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a national program, paid for by fees on canola and rapeseed grown in the United States, to do research, promote the crops, and share consumer and industry information so the canola and rapeseed industry can hold and grow its markets at home and abroad. Congress found that canola and rapeseed are nutritious and important to the U.S. economy, are grown and processed by many people, and are sold here and overseas. Existing state and national groups already work on research and promotion, and a coordinated program is needed. The program does not control how much anyone may grow.

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Title 7, §7441

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(a)Findings

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)Policy

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)Construction

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110