7 U.S.C. § 4602 — Definitions
submitted 42 years ago by Pub. L. 98-590 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 770 words · no verdicts yet
In this chapter: (1) “Committee” means the National Honey Nominations Committee under section 4606(b). (2) “Consumer education” means actions giving information about using and caring for honey or honey products. (3) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.
In this chapter: (1) “Committee” means the National Honey Nominations Committee under section 4606(b). (2) “Consumer education” means actions giving information about using and caring for honey or honey products. (3) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture. (4) “Exporter” means a person exporting honey or honey products from the United States. (5)(A) “Handle” means processing, packaging, selling, transporting, buying, or otherwise placing or causing honey or a honey product to enter commerce. (B) It includes selling unprocessed honey for consumption or use without more processing or packaging. (C) It excludes (i) a producer’s transport of unprocessed honey to a handler, (ii) a commercial carrier’s transport for a handler or producer, and (iii) a consumer or end-user’s purchase. (6) “Handler” means anyone who handles honey. (7) “Honey” means plant nectar and sugary plant secretions gathered, changed, and stored in comb by honey bees. (8) “Honey Board” means the board under section 4606(c). (9) “Honey production” means beekeeping operations for (A) managing colonies to produce honey, (B) harvesting it, (C) extracting it from combs, and (D) preparing it for sale for further processing. (10) “Honey products” are products made wholly or partly from honey. (11) “Importer” means anyone importing honey or honey products, or acting as agent, broker, or consignee for a foreign producer selling them in the United States, who is listed as importer of record. (12) “Industry information” means information or a program developing markets, marketing strategies, or efficiency, or improving honey’s, honey products’, or the industry’s image. (13) “Marketing” means selling or otherwise disposing of honey or honey products in commerce. (14) “National honey marketing cooperative” means a cooperative marketing in at least two of four Secretary-determined regions: (A) Atlantic Coast, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico; (B) Mideast; (C) Midwest; or (D) Pacific, including Alaska and Hawaii. (15) “Person” means an individual, group, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or other entity. (16) “Producer” means a person producing honey in the United States for sale in commerce. (17) “Producer-packer” means a person who is both producer and handler. (18) “Promotion” means an action, including paid advertising, under this chapter to present a favorable image and improve competitive position and sales. (19) A “qualified national organization representing handler interests” is one the Secretary certifies may recommend Honey Board handler, handler-importer, alternate handler, and alternate handler-importer nominees. (20) A “qualified national organization representing importer interests” is one the Secretary certifies may recommend importer, handler-importer, alternate importer, and alternate handler-importer nominees. (21) “Research” means research advancing honey’s or honey products’ image, desirability, use, marketability, production, or quality. (22) “Secretary” means the Agriculture Secretary. (23) “State” means a State, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico. (24) “State association” means the generally recognized organization of beekeepers representing a State’s beekeepers.
As used in this chapter:
The term “Committee” means the National Honey Nominations Committee provided for under section 4606(b) of this title.
The term “consumer education” means any action to provide information on the usage and care of honey or honey products.
The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.
The term “exporter” means any person who exports honey or honey products from the United States.
The term “handle” means to process, package, sell, transport, purchase, or in any other way place or cause to be placed in commerce, honey or a honey product.
The term “handle” includes selling unprocessed honey that will be consumed or used without further processing or packaging.
The term “handle” does not include—
the transportation of unprocessed honey by a producer to a handler;
the transportation by a commercial carrier of honey, whether processed or unprocessed, for a handler or producer; or
the purchase of honey or a honey product by a consumer or other end-user of the honey or honey product.
The term “handler” means any person who handles honey.
The term “honey” means the nectar and saccharine exudations of plants which are gathered, modified, and stored in the comb by honey bees.
The term “Honey Board” means the board provided for under section 4606(c) of this title.
The term “honey production” means all beekeeping operations related to—
managing honey bee colonies to produce honey;
harvesting honey from the colonies;
extracting honey from the honeycombs; and
preparing honey for sale for further processing.
The term “honey products” means products produced, in whole or part, from honey.
The term “importer” means any person who imports honey or honey products into the United States or acts as an agent, broker, or consignee for any person or nation that produces honey outside of the United States for sale in the United States and who is listed in the import records as the importer of record for such honey or honey products.
The term “industry information” means information or a program that will lead to the development of new markets, new marketing strategies, or increased efficiency for the honey industry, or an activity to enhance the image of honey and honey products and of the honey industry.
The term “marketing” means the sale or other disposition in commerce of honey or honey products.
The term “national honey marketing cooperative” means a cooperative that markets its products in at least 2 of the following 4 regions of the United States, as determined by the Secretary:
The Atlantic Coast, including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The Mideast.
The Midwest.
The Pacific, including the States of Alaska and Hawaii.
The term “person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other entity.
The term “producer” means any person who produces honey in the United States for sale in commerce.
The term “producer-packer” means any person who is both a producer and handler of honey.
The term “promotion” means any action, including paid advertising, pursuant to this chapter, to present a favorable image for honey or honey products to the public with the express intent of improving the competitive position and stimulating sales of honey or honey products.
The term “qualified national organization representing handler interests” means an organization that the Secretary certifies as being eligible to recommend nominations for the Committee handler, handler-importer, alternate handler, and alternate handler-importer members of the Honey Board under section 4606(b) of this title.
The term “qualified national organization representing importer interests” means an organization that the Secretary certifies as being eligible to recommend nominations for the Committee importer, handler-importer, alternate importer, and alternate handler-importer members of the Honey Board under section 4606(b) of this title.
The term “research” means any type of research designed to advance the image, desirability, usage, marketability, production, or quality of honey or honey products.
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
The term “State” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The term “State association” means that organization of beekeepers in a State which is generally recognized as representing the beekeepers of that State.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–590, § 3, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3116; Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1982, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3904; Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 605(b), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 588.)
- 1984Enacted · Pub. L. 98-590 · 98 Stat. 3116
- 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-624 · 104 Stat. 3904
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-185 · 112 Stat. 588
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-590 on 1984-10-30.
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