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 97 STAT. 1136 PUBLIC LAW 98-180—NOV. 29, 1983 (3) the Secretary of Agriculture shall take appropriate action to encourage the consumption of beef and pork by members of the public. Subtitle B—Dairy Promotion Program FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY 7 USC 4501. SEC. 110. (a) Congress finds that— (1) dairy products are beisic foods that are a valuable part of the human diet; (2) the production of dairy products plays a significant role in the Nation's economy, the milk from which dairy products are manufactured is produced by thousands of milk producers, and dairy products are consumed by millions of people throughout the United States; (3) dairy products must be readily available and marketed efficiently to ensure that the people of the United States receive adequate nourishment; (4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets for dairy products are vital to the welfare of milk producers and those concerned with marketing, using, and producing dairy products, as well as to the general economy of the Nation; and (5) dairy products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and dairy products that do not move in such channels of com- merce directly burden or affect interstate commerce of dairy products. Ok)) It, therefore, is declared to be the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest to authorize the establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided herein, of an orderly procedure for financing (through assessments on all milk produced in the United States for commercied use) and carrying out a coordinated program of promotion designed to strengthen the dairy industry's position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for fluid milk and dairy products produced in the United States. Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to provide for the control of production or otherwise limit the right of indi- vidual milk producers to produce milk. DEFINITIONS 7 USC 4502. SEC. 111. As used in this subtitle— (a) the term "Board" means the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board established under section 113 of this sub- title; (b) the term "Department" means the Department of Agricul- ture; (c) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture; (d) the term "milk" means any class of cow's milk produced in the United States; (e) the term "dairy products" means products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk, and includes fluid milk products; (0 the term "fluid milk products" means those milk products normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage;

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