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PUBLIC LAW 690-AUG. 28, 1954

STAT.

TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO A G R I C U L T U R A L M A R K E T I N G A G R E E M E N T ACT O F 1937

50 Stat. 246. 7 USC 674.

48 Stat. 32.

Intra.

Applicability o f orders.

Supra.

Size, etc. container.

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39 Stat. 673; 45 Stat. 685. M a r k e t i n g re8 e a r c h projects, etc.

SEC. 401. The Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is further amended as follows: (a) Section 2, as amended (7 U.S.C. 602), is amended by adding the following new subsection: "(4) Through the exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture under this title, to establish and maintain such orderly marketing conditions for any agricultural commodity enumerated in section 8c (2) as will provide, in the interests of producers and consumers, an orderly flow of the supply thereof to market throughout its normal marketing season to avoid unreasonable fluctuations in supplies and prices." (b) Section 8c (2), as amended (7 U.S.C. 608c (2)), is amended to read as follows: " (2) Orders issued pursuant to this section shall be applicable only to the following agricultural comipodities and the products thereof (except canned or frozen grapefruit, the products of naval stores, and the products of honeybees), or to any regional, or market classification of any such commodity or product: Milk, fruits (including filberts, almonds, pecans and walnuts but not including apples, other than apples produced in the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and not including fruits, other than olives and grapefruit, for canning or freezing), tobacco, vegetables (not including vegetables, other tnan asparagus, for canning or freezing), soybeans, hops, honeybees and naval stores as included in the Naval Stores Act and standards established thereunder (including refined or partially refined oleoresin): Provided, That no order issued pursuant to this section shall be effective as to any grapefruit for canning or freezing unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines, in addition to other findings and determinations required by this Act, that the issuance of such order is approved or favored by the processors who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in canning or freezing such commodity for market and have canned or frozen for market more than 50 per centum of the total volume of such commodity canned or frozen for market during such representative period." (c) Section 8c (6), as amended (7 U.S.C. 608c (6)), is amended: (1) By deleting the provisions immediately preceding paragraph (A) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(6) I n the case of the agricultural commodities and the products thereof, other than milk and its products, specified in subsection (2) orders issued pursuant to this section shall contain one or more of the following terms and conditions, and (except as provided in subsection (7)), no others:" (2) By adding the following new paragraphs at the end thereof: " (H) providing a method for fixing the size, capacity, weight, dimensions, or pack of the container, or containers, which may be used in the packaging, transportation, sale, shipment, or handling of any fresh or dried fruits, vegetables, or tree nuts: Provided, however, That no action taken hereunder shall conflict with the Standard Containers Act of 1916 (15 U.S.C. 251-256) and the Standard Containers Act of 1928 (15 U.S.C. 257-2571); " (I) establishing or providing for the establishment of marketing research and development projects designed to assist, improve, or promote the marketing, distribution, and consumption of any such commodity or product, the expense of such projects to be paid from funds collected pursuant to the marketing order."

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