§ 6101. — Findings and declaration of policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC6101]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 90--MUSHROOM PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
Sec. 6101. Findings and declaration of policy
(a) Findings
Congress finds that--
(1) mushrooms are an important food that is a valuable part of
the human diet;
(2) the production of mushrooms plays a significant role in the
Nation's economy in that mushrooms are produced by hundreds of
mushroom producers, distributed through thousands of wholesale and
retail outlets, and consumed by millions of people throughout the
United States and foreign countries;
(3) mushroom production benefits the environment by efficiently
using agricultural byproducts;
(4) mushrooms must be high quality, readily available, handled
properly, and marketed efficiently to ensure that the benefits of
this important product are available to the people of the United
States;
(5) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and uses,
and the development of new markets and uses, for mushrooms are vital
to the welfare of producers and those concerned with marketing and
using mushrooms, as well as to the agricultural economy of the
Nation;
(6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation
of a coordinated program of mushroom promotion, research, and
consumer information are necessary to maintain and expand existing
markets for mushrooms; and
(7) mushrooms move in interstate and foreign commerce, and
mushrooms that do not move in such channels of commerce directly
burden or affect interstate commerce in mushrooms.
(b) Policy
It is declared to be the policy of Congress that it is in the public
interest to authorize the establishment, through the exercise of the
powers provided in this chapter, of an orderly procedure for developing,
financing through adequate assessments on mushrooms produced
domestically or imported into the United States, and carrying out, an
effective, continuous, and coordinated program of promotion, research,
and consumer and industry information designed to--
(1) strengthen the mushroom industry's position in the
marketplace;
(2) maintain and expand existing markets and uses for mushrooms;
and
(3) develop new markets and uses for mushrooms.
(c) Construction
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the control
of production or otherwise limit the right of individual producers to
produce mushrooms.
(Pub. L. 101-624, title XIX, Sec. 1922, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3855.)
Short Title
Section 1921 of Pub. L. 101-624 provided that: ``This subtitle
[subtitle B (Secs. 1921-1933) of title XIX of Pub. L. 101-624, enacting
this chapter] may be cited as the `Mushroom Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Act of 1990'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6103 of this title.
