What US Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 USC ch 38): Voluntary Grading, Inspection and Market News Services requires
The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. ch. 38, sections 1621 onward) authorizes the federal voluntary grading, inspection, standardization, and market news services for agricultural products of the United States, administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture. Section 1621 declares the congressional policy that a sound, efficient, and privately operated marketing system is essential, authorizes the use of existing facilities, and provides for cooperation with the States. Section 1622 directs and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research into the production, marketing, distribution, and processing of agricultural products, to develop and improve standards of quality and grade, to provide for the voluntary inspection and certification of products, and to maintain a market news service furnishing information on supply, demand, prices, and movement. Section 1622b provides for a specialty crops market news allocation, with funding of 9,000,000 dollars for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023. Section 1626 defines agricultural products and other terms, and section 1627 authorizes the appointment of personnel and the engagement of technical specialists. The Act is the legal basis of the United States voluntary commodity grading, certification, and market news system.
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: US Congress / Department of Agriculture (Agricultural Marketing Service) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2022-title7/html/USCODE-2022-title7-chap38.htm
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- Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 7 U.S.C. 1621 - congressional declaration of purpose; use of existing facilities; cooperation with the States.
- Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 7 U.S.C. 1622 - duties of the Secretary relating to research, standards, voluntary inspection and certification, and market news.
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