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PUBLIC LAW 93-428-OCT. 1, 1974

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Public Law 93-428 AN ACT

October 1, 1974

To enable egg producers to establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research, producer and consumer education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop m a r k e t s for eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representathes of the Egg R e s e a r c h United States of Amej'ica in Congress assembled, and Consumer InSECTION 1. That this Act shall be known as the " E g ^ Research and formatTonTct Consumer Information Act." 7 USC 2701 note. LEGISLATIVE F I N D I N G S AND DECLARATION OF POLICY

SEC. 2. Eggs constitute one of the basic, natural foods in the diet. ^ use 2701. They are produced by many individual (^g^ producers throughout the United States. Egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl are derivatives of egg production. These products move in interstate and foreign commerce and those which do not move in such channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce of these products. The maintenance and expansion of existing markets and the development of new or improved markets and uses are vital to the welfare of egg producers and those concerned with marketing, using, and processing eggs as well as the general economy of the Nation. The production and marketing of these products by numerous individual egg producers have prevented the development and carrying out of adequate and coordinated programs of research and promotion necessary for the maintenance of markets and the development of new products of, and markets for, eggs, ^gg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl. Without an effective and coordinated method for assuring cooperative and collective action in providing for and financing such programs, individual egg producers are unable to provide, obtain, or carry out the research, consumer and producer information, and promotion necessary to maintain and improve markets for any or all ofthese products. I t has long been recognized that it is in the public interest to provide an adequate, steady supply of fresh eggs readily available to the consumers of the Nation. Maintenance of markets and the development of new markets, both domestic and foreign, are essential to the ^gg industry if the consumers of eggs, ^gg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl are to be assured of an adequate, steady supply of such products. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the Congress and the purpose of this Act that it is essential and in the public interest, through the exercise of the powers provided herein, to authorize and enable the establishment of an orderly procedure for the development and the financing through an adequate assessment, an effective and continuous coordinated program of research, consumer and producer education, and promotion designed to strengthen the ^gg industry's position in the marketplace, and maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl of the United States. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to mean, or provide for, control of production or otherwise limit the right of individual ^gg producers to produce commercial eggs.

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