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51 FR 31903, Sept. 5, 1986, unless otherwise noted.
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Act means the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 4801-4819) and any amendments thereto.
Department means the United States Department of Agriculture.
Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any other officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture to whom authority has been delegated or may hereafter be delegated to act in the Secretary's stead.
Board means the National Pork Board established pursuant to § 1230.50.
Consumer information means an activity intended to broaden the understanding of the sound nutritional attributes of pork and pork products, including the role of pork and pork products in a balanced, healthy diet.
Council means the National Pork Producers Council, a nonprofit corporation of the type described in section 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and incorporated in the State of Iowa.
Customs Service means the United States Customs Service of the United States Department of Treasury.
Delegate Body means the National Pork Producers Delegate Body established pursuant to § 1230.30.
Fiscal period means the 12-month period ending on December 31 or such other consecutive 12-month period as the Secretary or Board may determine.
Imported means entered, or withdrawn from a warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States.
Imported pork and pork products means products which are imported into the United States which the Secretary determines contain a substantial amount of pork, including those products which have been assigned one or more of the following numbers in Schedule 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (1985): 106.4020; 106.4040; 106.8000; 106.8500; 107.1000; 107.1500; 107.3020; 107.3040; 107.3060; 107.3515; 107.3525; 107.3540; and 107.3560.
Importer means a person who imports porcine animals, pork, or pork products into the United States.
Market means to sell, slaughter for sale, or otherwise dispose of a porcine animal in commerce.
Market value means, with respect to porcine animals which are sold, the price at which they are sold. With respect to porcine animals slaughtered for the sale by the producer, the term means the most recent annual seven-market average for barrows and gilts, as published by the Department. With respect to imported porcine animals, the term means the declared value. With respect to imported pork and pork products, the term means an amount which represents the value of the live porcine animals from which the pork or pork products were derived, based upon the most recent annual seven-market average for barrows and gilts, as published by the Department.
Part means the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order and all rules, regulations, and supplemental orders issued thereunder, and the aforesaid order shall be a “subpart of such part.
Person means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, organization, cooperative, or other entity.
Plans and projects means promotion, research, and consumer information plans, studies, or projects.
Porcine animal means a swine, that is raised as
(a) a feeder pig, that is, a young pig sold to another person to be finished for slaughtering over a period of more than 1 month;
(b) for breeding purposes as seed stock and included in the breeding herd; and
(c) a market hog, slaughtered by the producer or sold to be slaughtered, usually within 1 month of such transfer.
Pork means the flesh of a porcine animal.
Pork product means an edible product produced or processed in whole or in part from pork.
Producer means a person who produces porcine animals in the United States for sale in commerce.
Promotion means any action, including but not limited to paid advertising and retail or food service merchandising, taken to present a favorable image for porcine animals, pork, or pork products to the public, or to educate producers with the intent of improving the competitive position and stimulating sales of porcine animals, pork, or pork products.
Research means any action designed to advance, expand, or improve the image, desirability, nutritional value, usage, marketability, production, or quality of porcine animals, pork, or pork products, including the dissemination of the results of such research.
State means each of the 50 States.
State association means the single organization of producers in a State that is organized under the laws of that State and is recognized by the chief executive officer of such State as representing such State's producers. If no such organization exists in a State as of January 1, 1986, the Secretary may recognize an organization that represents not fewer than 50 producers who market annually an aggregate of not less than 10 percent of the pounds of porcine animals marketed in such State. The Secretary may cease to recognize a State association and instead recognize another organization of producers in a State as that State's association if the Secretary determines either that a majority of the members of the existing State association are not producers or that a majority of the members of the other organization seeking recognition are producers and that such organization better represents the economic interests of producers.
State where produced means with respect to a porcine animal marketed as a feeder pig or as breeding stock, the State in which that porcine animal was born, and with respect to a porcine animal that is marketed as a market hog, the State in which that porcine animal was fed for market.