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[CITE: 7USC6402]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
           CHAPTER 93--PROCESSOR-FUNDED MILK PROMOTION PROGRAM
 
Sec. 6402. Definitions

    As used in this chapter:

                           (1) Advertising

        The term ``advertising'' means any advertising or promotion 
    program involving only fluid milk products and directed toward 
    increasing the general demand for fluid milk products.

                              (2) Board

        The term ``Board'' means the National Processor Advertising and 
    Promotion Board established under section 6407(b) of this title.

                       (3) Fluid milk product

        The term ``fluid milk product''--
            (A) means any of the following products in fluid or frozen 
        form: milk, skim milk, lowfat milk, milk drinks, buttermilk, 
        filled milk, and milkshake and ice milk mixes containing less 
        than 20 percent total solids, including any such products that 
        are flavored, cultured, modified with added nonfat milk solids, 
        concentrated (if in a consumer-type package), or reconstituted; 
        and
            (B) does not include evaporated or condensed milk (plain or 
        sweetened), evaporated or condensed skim milk (plain or 
        sweetened), formulas specially prepared for infant feeding or 
        dietary use that are packaged in hermetically sealed glass or 
        all-metal containers, any product that contains by weight less 
        than 6.5 percent nonfat milk solids, and whey.

                      (4) Fluid milk processor

        The term ``fluid milk processor'' means any person who processes 
    and markets commercially more than 500,000 pounds of fluid milk 
    products in consumer-type packages per month.

                           (5) Department

        The term ``Department'' means the Department of Agriculture.

                            (6) Research

        The term ``research'' means market research to support 
    advertising and promotion efforts, including educational activities, 
    research directed to product characteristics, product development, 
    including new products or improved technology in production, 
    manufacturing or processing of milk and the products of milk.

                            (7) Secretary

        The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.

                          (8) United States

        The term ``United States'', except as used in sections 6410 
    through 6412 of this title, means the 48 contiguous States in the 
    continental United States and the District of Columbia.

(Pub. L. 101-624, title XIX, Sec. 1999C, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3915; 
Pub. L. 103-72, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 717; Pub. L. 104-
127, title I, Sec. 146(c), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 918.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Par. (6). Pub. L. 104-127 amended heading and text of par. (6) 
generally. Text read as follows: ``The term `research'--
        ``(A) means market research limited to the support of 
    advertising and promotion efforts, including educational activities; 
    and
        ``(B) does not include research directed to product 
    characteristics such as nutrients; product development including new 
    products; or improved technology in production, manufacturing or 
    processing; or any other efforts not directly applicable to 
    measuring or increasing the effectiveness of advertising activities 
    in expanding sales of fluid milk products.''
    1993--Par. (4). Pub. L. 103-72 amended par. (4) generally. Prior to 
amendment, par. (4) read as follows: ``The term `fluid milk processor' 
means any person who processes and markets commercially fluid milk 
products in consumer-type packages.''
