Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§7461 Findings and Purposes

Title 7 › CHAPTER 101 — AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION › SUBCHAPTER IV — KIWIFRUIT › § 7461

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

It lets kiwifruit growers, handlers, and importers set up and pay for a coordinated program, funded by a fee, to do research, promotion, and consumer information about kiwifruit. Congress made seven findings: many small producers grow kiwifruit; almost all U.S. kiwifruit come from California; kiwifruit move across state lines and are imported in large amounts; markets are important; a coordinated program is needed; and the industry cannot pay for it alone. The law has three purposes: create an orderly way to develop and fund the program, use the program to strengthen and grow domestic and foreign markets, and treat U.S. and imported kiwifruit fairly.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §7461

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(a)Findings

Congress finds that—

(1)domestically produced kiwifruit are grown by many individual producers;

(2)virtually all domestically produced kiwifruit are grown in the State of California, although there is potential for production in many other areas of the United States;

(3)kiwifruit move in interstate and foreign commerce, and kiwifruit that do not move in channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce;

(4)in recent years, large quantities of kiwifruit have been imported into the United States;

(5)the maintenance and expansion of existing domestic and foreign markets for kiwifruit, and the development of additional and improved markets for kiwifruit, are vital to the welfare of kiwifruit producers and other persons concerned with producing, marketing, and processing kiwifruit;

(6)a coordinated program of research, promotion, and consumer information regarding kiwifruit is necessary for the maintenance and development of the markets; and

(7)kiwifruit producers, handlers, and importers are unable to implement and finance such a program without cooperative action.

(b)Purposes

The purposes of this subchapter are—

(1)to authorize the establishment of an orderly procedure for the development and financing (through an assessment) of an effective and coordinated program of research, promotion, and consumer information regarding kiwifruit;

(2)to use the program to strengthen the position of the kiwifruit industry in domestic and foreign markets and maintain, develop, and expand markets for kiwifruit; and

(3)to treat domestically produced kiwifruit and imported kiwifruit equitably.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 7461

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110