- agricultural commodity
means—
- board
means a board established under an order issued under section 7413 of this title.
- canola or rapeseed product
means a product produced, in whole or in part, from canola or rapeseed.
- certified organic farm
has the meaning given the term in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502).
- commerce
means interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce.
- commodity promotion law
means a Federal law that provides for the establishment and operation of a promotion program regarding an agricultural commodity that includes a combination of promotion, research, industry information, or consumer information activities, is funded by mandatory assessments on producers or processors, and is designed to maintain or expand markets and uses for the commodity (as determined by the Secretary).
- conflict of interest
means a situation in which a member or employee of a board has a direct or indirect financial interest in a person that performs a service for, or enters into a contract with, a board for anything of economic value.
- consumer information
means any action taken to provide information to, and broaden the understanding of, the general public regarding the consumption, use, nutritional attributes, and care of kiwifruit.
- covered person
means a producer, handler, marketer, or importer of an organic agricultural commodity.
- Department
means the Department of Agriculture.
- dual-covered agricultural commodity
means an agricultural commodity that—
- exporter
means any person from outside the United States who exports kiwifruit into the United States.
- first handler
means the first person who buys or takes possession of an agricultural commodity from a producer for marketing.
- first purchaser
means—
- handler
means any person, excluding a common carrier, engaged in the business of buying and selling, packing, marketing, or distributing kiwifruit as specified in the order.
- importer
means any person who imports an agricultural commodity from outside the United States for sale in the United States as a principal or as an agent, broker, or consignee of any person.
- industry information
means information or a program that will lead to the development of new markets, new marketing strategies, or increased efficiency for the canola and rapeseed industry, or an activity to enhance the image of the canola or rapeseed industry.
- industry member
means a member of the canola and rapeseed industry who represents—
- information
means information and programs that are designed to increase—
- kiwifruit
means all varieties of fresh kiwifruit grown in or imported into the United States.
- market
means to sell or to otherwise dispose of an agricultural commodity in interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce.
- marketing
means the sale or other disposition of kiwifruit into interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce by buying, marketing, distribution, or otherwise placing kiwifruit into commerce.
- order
means an order issued by the Secretary under section 7413 of this title that provides for a program of generic promotion, research, and information regarding agricultural commodities designed to—
- person
means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other legal entity.
- popcorn
means unpopped popcorn (Zea Mays L) that is—
- process
means to shell, clean, dry, and prepare popcorn for the market, but does not include packaging popcorn for the market without also engaging in another activity described in this paragraph.
- processing
means canning, fermenting, distilling, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing, or in any manner changing the form of kiwifruit for the purpose of preparing the kiwifruit for market or marketing the kiwifruit.
- processor
means a person engaged in the preparation of unpopped popcorn for the market who owns or shares the ownership and risk of loss of the popcorn and who processes and distributes over 4,000,000 pounds of popcorn in the market per year.
- producer
means any person who is engaged in the production and sale of an agricultural commodity in the United States and who owns, or shares the ownership and risk of loss of, the agricultural commodity.
- promotion
means any action taken by a board under an order, including paid advertising, to present a favorable image of an agricultural commodity to the public to improve the competitive position of the agricultural commodity in the marketplace and to stimulate sales of the agricultural commodity.
- research
means any type of test, study, or analysis designed to advance the image, desirability, use, marketability, production, product development, or quality of an agricultural commodity.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Agriculture.
- State
means any of the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States.
- suspend
means to issue a rule under section 553 of title 5 to temporarily prevent the operation of an order during a particular period of time specified in the rule.
- terminate
means to issue a rule under section 553 of title 5 to cancel permanently the operation of an order beginning on a date certain specified in the rule.
- United States
means collectively the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories and possessions of the United States.