§ 4531. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC4531]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 76--DAIRY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION
SUBCHAPTER II--DAIRY RESEARCH PROGRAM
Sec. 4531. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter--
(1) the term ``board'' means the board of trustees of the
Institute;
(2) the term ``Department'' means the Department of Agriculture;
(3) the term ``dairy products'' means manufactured products that
are derived from the processing of milk, and includes fluid milk
products;
(4) the term ``fluid milk products'' means those milk products
normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage;
(5) the term ``Fund'' means the Dairy Research Trust Fund
established by section 4536 of this title;
(6) the term ``Institute'' means the National Dairy Research
Endowment Institute established by section 4532 of this title;
(7) the term ``milk'' means any class of cow's milk marketed in
the United States;
(8) the term ``person'' means any individual, group of
individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or
any other entity;
(9) the term ``producer'' means any person engaged in the
production of milk for commercial use;
(10) 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;
(11) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture
unless the context specifies otherwise; and
(12) the term ``United States'' means the several States and the
territories and possessions of the United States, except that for
purposes of sections 4532, 4534(a), and 4537 of this title, and
paragraph (7) of this section, such term means the forty-eight
contiguous States in the continental United States.
(Pub. L. 98-180, title I, Sec. 130, as added Pub. L. 99-198, title I,
Sec. 121, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1367.)
