7 U.S.C. § 602 : US Code - Section 602: Declaration of policy; establishment of price basing period; marketing standards; orderly supply flow; circumstances for continued regulation

Search 7 U.S.C. § 602 : US Code - Section 602: Declaration of policy; establishment of price basing period; marketing standards; orderly supply flow; circumstances for continued regulation

It is declared to be the policy of Congress - 
(1) Through the exercise of the powers conferred upon the
Secretary of Agriculture under this chapter, to establish and
maintain such orderly marketing conditions for agricultural
commodities in interstate commerce as will establish, as the
prices to farmers, parity prices as defined by section 1301(a)(1)
of this title.
(2) To protect the interest of the consumer by (a) approaching
the level of prices which it is declared to be the policy of
Congress to establish in subsection (1) of this section by
gradual correction of the current level at as rapid a rate as the
Secretary of Agriculture deems to be in the public interest and
feasible in view of the current consumptive demand in domestic
and foreign markets, and (b) authorizing no action under this
chapter which has for its purpose the maintenance of prices to
farmers above the level which it is declared to be the policy of
Congress to establish in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Through the exercise of the powers conferred upon the
Secretary of Agriculture under this chapter, to establish and
maintain such production research, marketing research, and
development projects provided in section 608c(6)(I) of this
title, such container and pack requirements provided in section
608c(6)(H) of this title (!1) such minimum standards of quality
and maturity and such grading and inspection requirements for
agricultural commodities enumerated in section 608c (2) of this
title, other than milk and its products, in interstate commerce
as will effectuate such orderly marketing of such agricultural
commodities as will be in the public interest.
(4) Through the exercise of the powers conferred upon the
Secretary of Agriculture under this chapter, to establish and
maintain such orderly marketing conditions for any agricultural
commodity enumerated in section 608c(2) of this title as will
provide, in the interests of producers and consumers, an orderly
flow of the supply thereof to market throughout its normal
marketing season to avoid unreasonable fluctuations in supplies
and prices.
(5) Through the exercise of the power conferred upon the
Secretary of Agriculture under this chapter, to continue for the
remainder of any marketing season or marketing year, such
regulation pursuant to any order as will tend to avoid a
disruption of the orderly marketing of any commodity and be in
the public interest, if the regulation of such commodity under
such order has been initiated during such marketing season or
marketing year on the basis of its need to effectuate the policy
of this chapter.