§ 4502. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC4502]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 76--DAIRY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION
SUBCHAPTER I--DAIRY PROMOTION PROGRAM
Sec. 4502. Definitions
As used in this subchapter--
(a) the term ``Board'' means the National Dairy Promotion and
Research Board established under section 4504 of this title;
(b) the term ``Department'' means the Department of Agriculture;
(c) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture;
(d) the term ``milk'' means any class of cow's milk;
(e) the term ``dairy products'' means products manufactured for
human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk, and
includes fluid milk products;
(f) the term ``fluid milk products'' means those milk products
normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage;
(g) the term ``person'' means any individual, group of
individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or
any other entity;
(h) the term ``producer'' means any person engaged in the
production of milk for commercial use;
(i) the term ``promotion'' means actions such as paid
advertising, sales promotion, and publicity to advance the image and
sales of and demand for dairy products;
(j) the term ``research'' means studies testing the
effectiveness of market development and promotion efforts, studies
relating to the nutritional value of milk and dairy products, and
other related efforts to expand demand for milk and dairy products;
(k) the term ``nutrition education'' means those activities
intended to broaden the understanding of sound nutritional
principles including the role of milk and dairy products in a
balanced diet;
(l) the term ``United States'' as used in sections 4501 through
4508 of this title means the forty-eight contiguous States in the
continental United States;
(m) the term ``imported dairy product'' means any dairy product
that is imported into the United States (as defined in subsection
(l) of this section), including dairy products imported into the
United States in the form of--
(1) milk, cream, and fresh and dried dairy products;
(2) butter and butterfat mixtures;
(3) cheese; and
(4) casein and mixtures;
(n) the term ``importer'' means a person that imports an
imported dairy product into the United States; and
(o) the term ``Customs'' means the United States Customs
Service.
(Pub. L. 98-180, title I, Sec. 111, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1136; Pub.
L. 107-171, title I, Sec. 1505(a), (h)(2), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 207,
210.)
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107-171, Sec. 1505(h)(2), struck out
``produced in the United States'' before semicolon at end.
Subsec. (m) to (o). Pub. L. 107-171, Sec. 1505(a), added subsecs.
(m) to (o).
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the
United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury,
including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto,
to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related
references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6,
Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security
Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note
under section 542 of Title 6.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 31 section 3903.
