7-U.S.C.-2612

§2612 – Definitions

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Title 7 > Chapter 58 > Section 2612

Details

• Reference: Section 2612
• Legend: §2612 – Definitions
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

As used in this chapter:

(a) The term Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

(b) The term person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity.

(c) The term potatoes” means all varieties of Irish potatoes grown by producers in the 50 States of the United States, and grown in foreign countries and imported into the United States.

(d) The term handler” means any person (except a common or contract carrier of potatoes owned by another person) who handles potatoes in a manner specified in a plan issued pursuant to this chapter or in the rules and regulations issued thereunder.

(e) The term producer” means any person engaged in the growing of five or more acres of potatoes.

(f) The term promotion” means any action taken by the National Potato Promotion Board, pursuant to this chapter, to present a favorable image for potatoes to the public with the express intent of improving their competitive positions and stimulating sales of potatoes and shall include, but shall not be limited to, paid advertising.

(g) The term importer” means any person who imports tablestock, frozen, or processed potatoes for ultimate consumption by humans or seed potatoes into the United States.

(Pub. L. 91–670, title III, §303, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2041; Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, §1937, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3866.)

Amendments

1990—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–624, §1937(1), substituted 50” for forty-eight contiguous” and inserted before the period at the end , and grown in foreign countries and imported into the United States”.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101–624, §1937(2), added subsec. (g).

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