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65 FR 43508, July 13, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
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The term Act means the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 4801-4819) and any amendments thereto.
The term Administrator, AMS, means the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom there has heretofore been delegated or may hereafter be delegated the authority to act in the Administrator's stead.
The term Administrator, FSA, means the Administrator, of the Farm Service Agency, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom there has heretofore been delegated or may hereafter be delegated the authority to act in the Administrator's stead.
The term Department means the United States Department of Agriculture.
The term Farm Service Agency also referred to as “FSA” means the Farm Service Agency of the Department.
The term Farm Service Agency County Committee, also referred to as the FSA County Committee or COC, means the group of persons within a county elected to act as the Farm Service Agency County Committee.
The term Farm Service Agency County Executive Director also referred to as the CED, means the person employed by the FSA County Committee to execute the policies of the FSA County Committee and be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the FSA county office or the person acting in such capacity.
The term Imported porcine animals, pork, and pork products means those animals, pork, or pork products that are imported into the United States and subject to assessment under the harmonized tariff schedule numbers identified in § 1230.110 of the regulations.
The term Importer means a person who imports porcine animals, pork, or pork products into the United States.
The term Order means the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order.
The term Porcine animal means a swine, that is raised:
(a) As a feeder pig, that is, a young pig sold to another person to be finished over a period of more than 1 month for slaughtering;
(b) For breeding purposes as seedstock and included in the breeding herd; and
(c) As a market hog, slaughtered by the producer or sold to be slaughtered, usually within 1 month of such transfer.
The term Person means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other legal entity.
The term Pork means the flesh of a porcine animal.
The term Pork product means an edible product processed in whole or in part from pork.
The term Producer means a person who produces porcine animals in the United States for sale in commerce.
The term Public notice means information regarding a referendum that would be provided by the Secretary, such as press releases, newspapers, electronic media, FSA county newsletters, and the like. Such notice would contain the referendum date and location, registration and voting requirements, rules regarding absentee voting, and other pertinent information.
The term Referendum means any referendum to be conducted by the Secretary pursuant to the Act whereby persons who have been producers and importers during a representative period would be given the opportunity to vote to determine whether producers and importers favor continuation of the Order.
The term Representative period means the 12-consecutive months prior to the first day of absentee and importer voting in the referendum. The representative period for this referendum is August 18, 1999, through August 17, 2000.
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any other officer or employee of the Department to whom there has been delegated or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated to act in the Secretary's stead.
The term State means each of the 50 States.
The term Voting period means the 3-consecutive business day period for in-person voting.