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[CITE: 7USC7462]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                   CHAPTER 101--AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION
 
                        SUBCHAPTER IV--KIWIFRUIT
 
Sec. 7462. Definitions

    In this subchapter (unless the context otherwise requires):

                              (1) Board

        The term ``Board'' means the National Kiwifruit Board 
    established under section 7464 of this title.

                      (2) Consumer information

        The term ``consumer information'' means any action taken to 
    provide information to, and broaden the understanding of, the 
    general public regarding the consumption, use, nutritional 
    attributes, and care of kiwifruit.

                            (3) Exporter

        The term ``exporter'' means any person from outside the United 
    States who exports kiwifruit into the United States.

                             (4) Handler

        The term ``handler'' means any person, excluding a common 
    carrier, engaged in the business of buying and selling, packing, 
    marketing, or distributing kiwifruit as specified in the order.

                            (5) Importer

        The term ``importer'' means any person who imports kiwifruit 
    into the United States.

                            (6) Kiwifruit

        The term ``kiwifruit'' means all varieties of fresh kiwifruit 
    grown in or imported into the United States.

                            (7) Marketing

        The term ``marketing'' means the sale or other disposition of 
    kiwifruit into interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce by 
    buying, marketing, distribution, or otherwise placing kiwifruit into 
    commerce.

                              (8) Order

        The term ``order'' means a kiwifruit research, promotion, and 
    consumer information order issued by the Secretary under section 
    7463 of this title.

                             (9) Person

        The term ``person'' means any individual, group of individuals, 
    partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or other legal 
    entity.

                           (10) Processing

        The term ``processing'' means canning, fermenting, distilling, 
    extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing, or in any manner 
    changing the form of kiwifruit for the purpose of preparing the 
    kiwifruit for market or marketing the kiwifruit.

                            (11) Producer

        The term ``producer'' means any person who grows kiwifruit in 
    the United States for sale in commerce.

                           (12) Promotion

        The term ``promotion'' means any action taken under this 
    subchapter (including paid advertising) to present a favorable image 
    of kiwifruit to the general public for the purpose of improving the 
    competitive position of kiwifruit and stimulating the sale of 
    kiwifruit.

                            (13) Research

        The term ``research'' means any type of research relating to the 
    use, nutritional value, and marketing of kiwifruit conducted for the 
    purpose of advancing the image, desirability, marketability, or 
    quality of kiwifruit.

                           (14) Secretary

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

                         (15) United States

        The term ``United States'' means the 50 States of the United 
    States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
    Rico.

(Pub. L. 104-127, title V, Sec. 553, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1064.)
