§7801 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates an industry-funded program to promote and grow U.S. markets for Hass avocados. Congress says Hass avocados are a popular, healthy food eaten by millions. Almost all commercially sold U.S.-grown Hass avocados come from California. They are shipped between states and imported, and even local sales affect interstate trade. Large amounts of avocados have been imported recently. Markets that existed on October 28, 2000, and new markets need to be kept and grown to protect the domestic industry. Authorizes a fair fee on Hass avocados sold by producers and importers in the United States to pay for promotion, research, industry and consumer information, and marketing and market research. The program must strengthen and expand domestic markets. It must not control how many avocados people grow or stop anyone from producing, handling, or importing Hass avocados.

Title 7, §7801

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(a)Congress finds the following:

(1)Hass avocados are an integral food source in the United States that are a valuable and healthy part of the human diet and are enjoyed by millions of persons every year for a multitude of everyday and special occasions.

(2)Hass avocados are a significant tree fruit crop grown by many individual producers, but virtually all domestically produced Hass avocados for the commercial market are grown in the State of California.

(3)Hass avocados move in interstate and foreign commerce, and Hass avocados that do not move in interstate or foreign channels of commerce but only in intrastate commerce directly affect interstate commerce in Hass avocados.

(4)In recent years, large quantities of Hass avocados have been imported into the United States from other countries.

(5)The maintenance and expansion of markets in existence on October 28, 2000, and the development of new or improved markets or uses for Hass avocados are needed to preserve and strengthen the economic viability of the domestic Hass avocado industry for the benefit of producers and other persons associated with the producing, marketing, processing, and consuming of Hass avocados.

(6)An effective and coordinated program of promotion, research, industry information, and consumer information regarding Hass avocados is necessary for the maintenance, expansion, and development of domestic markets for Hass avocados.

(b)It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize the establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided in this chapter, of an orderly procedure for the development and financing (through an adequate assessment on Hass avocados sold by producers and importers in the United States) of an effective and coordinated program of promotion, research, industry information, and consumer information, including funds for marketing and market research activities, that is designed to—

(1)strengthen the position of the Hass avocado industry in the domestic marketplace; and

(2)maintain, develop, and expand markets and uses for Hass avocados in the domestic marketplace.

(c)Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the control of production or otherwise limit the right of any person to produce, handle, or import Hass avocados.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title XII, § 1201], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–79, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 2000’.”

§7801 Findings and Declaration of Policy

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Title 7, §7801

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