§ 1431c. — Enrichment and packaging of cornmeal, grits, rice, and white flour available for distribution.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1431c]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 35A--PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1431c. Enrichment and packaging of cornmeal, grits, rice,
and white flour available for distribution
(a) In order to insure the nutritional value of cornmeal, grits,
rice, and white flour when such foods are made available for
distribution under section 1431(3) \1\ of this title or for distribution
to schools under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act [42
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.] or any other Act, such foods shall be enriched so
as to meet the standards for enriched cornmeal, enriched corn grits,
enriched rice, or enriched flour, as the case may be, prescribed in
regulations promulgated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
[21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.]; and in order to protect the nutritional value
and sanitary quality of such enriched foods during transportation and
storage such foods shall be packaged in sanitary containers. For
convenience and ease in handling, the weight of any sanitary container
when filled shall not exceed fifty pounds unless a larger container is
requested by the recipient agency. Nothing in this section shall
prohibit the distribution of fortified parboiled rice which is
substantially equal in nutritional value to that of enriched rice.
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(b) The term ``sanitary container'' means any container of such
material and construction as (1) will not permit the infiltration of
foreign matter into the contents of such container under ordinary
conditions of shipping and handling, and (2) will not, for a period of
at least one year, disintegrate so as to contaminate the contents of the
container, necessitating the washing of the contents prior to use.
(Pub. L. 86-341, title II, Sec. 201, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 610; Pub.
L. 87-803, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 910; Pub. L. 106-78, title VII,
Sec. 752(b)(3), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1169.)
References in Text
Section 1431(3) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was
redesignated as section 1431(a)(3) of this title by Pub. L. 98-258,
title V, Sec. 502(1), Apr. 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 137.
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, referred to in
subsec. (a), is act June 4, 1946, ch. 281, 60 Stat. 230, as amended,
which is classified generally to chapter 13 (Sec. 1751 et seq.) of Title
42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1751 of
Title 42 and Tables.
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in subsec.
(a), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 9 (Sec. 301 et seq.) of Title 21, Food
and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
section 301 of Title 21 and Tables.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 1949
which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete
classification of the 1949 Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1421 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-78 substituted ``Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act'' for ``National School Lunch Act''.
1962--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-803 inserted provisions requiring the
enrichment of rice to meet the standards for enriched rice, empowered
recipient agencies to request containers larger than 50 pounds, and
provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit the distribution of
fortified parboiled rice which is substantially equal in nutritional
value to that of enriched rice.
