§ 4802. — 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: 7USC4802]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 79--PORK PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
Sec. 4802. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term ``Board'' means the National Pork Board established
under section 4808 of this title.
(2) The term ``consumer information'' means an activity intended
to broaden the understanding of sound nutritional attributes of pork
or pork products, including the role of pork or pork products in a
balanced, healthy diet.
(3) The term ``Delegate Body'' means the National Pork Producers
Delegate Body established under section 4806 of this title.
(4) The term ``imported'' means entered, or withdrawn from a
warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United
States.
(5) The term ``importer'' means a person who imports porcine
animals, pork, or pork products into the United States.
(6) The term ``order'' means a pork and pork products promotion,
research, and consumer information order issued under section 4803
of this title.
(7) The term ``person'' means an individual, group of
individuals, partnership, corporation, association, organization,
cooperative, or other entity.
(8) The term ``porcine animal'' means a swine raised for--
(A) feeder pigs;
(B) seedstock; or
(C) slaughter.
(9) The term ``pork'' means the flesh of a porcine animal.
(10) The term ``pork product'' means a product produced or
processed in whole or in part from pork.
(11) The term ``producer'' means a person who produces porcine
animals in the United States for sale in commerce.
(12) The term ``promotion'' means an action, including paid
advertising, taken to present a favorable image for porcine animals,
pork, or pork products to the public with the intent of improving
the competitive position and stimulating sales of porcine animals,
pork, or pork products.
(13) The term ``research'' means--
(A) research designed to advance, expand, or improve the
image, desirability, nutritional value, usage, marketability,
production, or quality of porcine animals, pork, or pork
products; or
(B) dissemination to a person of the results of such
research.
(14) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(15) The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States.
(16) The term ``State association'' means--
(A) the single organization of pork producers in a State
that is--
(i) organized under the laws of the State in which such
association operates; and
(ii) recognized by the chief executive officer of such
State as representing the pork producers of such State; or
(B) if such organization does not exist on January 1, 1986,
an organization that represents not fewer than 50 pork producers
who market annually, in the aggregate, not less than 10 percent
of the volume (measured in pounds) of porcine animals marketed
in such State.
(17) The term ``to market'' means to sell or to otherwise
dispose of a porcine animal, pork, or pork product in commerce.
(Pub. L. 99-198, title XVI, Sec. 1613, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1607.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4809 of this title.
