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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 4801. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
(a) Congress finds that -
(1) pork and pork products are basic foods that are a valuable
and healthy part of the human diet;
(2) the production of pork and pork products plays a
significant role in the economy of the United States because pork
and pork products are -
(A) produced by thousands of producers, including many small-
and medium-sized producers; and
(B) consumed by millions of people throughout the United
States on a daily basis;
(3) pork and pork products must be available readily and
marketed efficiently to ensure that the people of the United
States receive adequate nourishment;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets, and
development of new markets, for pork and pork products are vital
to -
(A) the welfare of pork producers and persons concerned with
producing and marketing pork and pork products; and
(B) the general economy of the United States;
(5) pork and pork products move in interstate and foreign
commerce;
(6) pork and pork products that do not move in such channels of
commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce in pork
and pork products; and
(7) in recent years, increasing quantities of low-cost,
imported pork and pork products have been brought into the United
States and replaced domestic pork and pork products in normal
channels of trade.
(b)(1) It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize the
establishment of an orderly procedure for financing, through
adequate assessments, and carrying out an effective and coordinated
program of promotion, research, and consumer information designed
to -
(A) strengthen the position of the pork industry in the
marketplace; and
(B) maintain, develop, and expand markets for pork and pork
products.
(2) Such procedure shall be implemented, and such program shall
be conducted, at no cost to the Federal Government.
(3) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to -
(A) permit or require the imposition of quality standards for
pork or pork products;
(B) provide for control of the production of pork or pork
products; or
(C) otherwise limit the right of an individual pork producer to
produce pork and pork products.
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