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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 2701. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
Eggs constitute one of the basic, natural foods in the diet. They
are produced by many individual egg 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, egg
products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl. Without an
effective and coordinated method of 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 of these
products.
It 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 egg industry if the consumers of eggs, egg
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 chapter 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 egg 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 chapter shall be construed to mean, or
provide for, control of production or otherwise limit the right of
individual egg producers to produce commercial eggs.
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