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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 2901. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
(a) Congress finds that -
(1) beef and beef products are basic foods that are a valuable
part of human diet;
(2) the production of beef and beef products plays a
significant role in the Nation's economy, beef and beef products
are produced by thousands of beef producers and processed by
numerous processing entities, and beef and beef products are
consumed by millions of people throughout the United States and
foreign countries;
(3) beef and beef products should 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 beef
and beef products are vital to the welfare of beef producers and
those concerned with marketing, using, and producing beef
products, as well as to the general economy of the Nation;
(5) there exist established State and national organizations
conducting beef promotion, research, and consumer education
programs that are invaluable to the efforts of promoting the
consumption of beef and beef products; and
(6) beef and beef products move in interstate and foreign
commerce, and beef and beef products that do not move in such
channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate
commerce of beef and beef products.
(b) 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 cattle sold in
the United States and on cattle, beef, and beef products imported
into the United States) and carrying out a coordinated program of
promotion and research designed to strengthen the beef industry's
position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand domestic and
foreign markets and uses for beef and beef products. Nothing in
this chapter shall be construed to limit the right of individual
producers to raise cattle.
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