7 U.S.C. § 74 : US Code - Section 74: Congressional findings and declaration of policy

Search 7 U.S.C. § 74 : US Code - Section 74: Congressional findings and declaration of policy

(a) Grain is an essential source of the world's total supply of
human food and animal feed and is merchandised in interstate and
foreign commerce. It is declared to be the policy of the Congress,
for the promotion and protection of such commerce in the interests
of producers, merchandisers, warehousemen, processors, and
consumers of grain, and the general welfare of the people of the
United States, to provide for the establishment of official United
States standards for grain, to promote the uniform application
thereof by official inspection personnel, to provide for an
official inspection system for grain, and to regulate the weighing
and the certification of the weight of grain shipped in interstate
or foreign commerce in the manner hereinafter provided; with the
objectives that grain may be marketed in an orderly and timely
manner and that trading in grain may be facilitated. It is hereby
found that all grain and other articles and transactions in grain
regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign
commerce or substantially affect such commerce and that regulation
thereof as provided in this chapter is necessary to prevent or
eliminate burdens on such commerce and to regulate effectively such
commerce.
(b) It is also declared to be the policy of Congress - 
(1) to promote the marketing of grain of high quality to both
domestic and foreign buyers;
(2) that the primary objective of the official United States
standards for grain is to certify the quality of grain as
accurately as practicable; and
(3) that official United States standards for grain shall - 
(A) define uniform and accepted descriptive terms to
facilitate trade in grain;
(B) provide information to aid in determining grain
storability;
(C) offer users of such standards the best possible
information from which to determine end-product yield and
quality of grain;
(D) provide the framework necessary for markets to establish
grain quality improvement incentives;
(E) reflect the economic value-based characteristics in the
end uses of grain; and
(F) accommodate scientific advances in testing and new
knowledge concerning factors related to, or highly correlated
with, the end use performance of grain.