7 U.S.C. § 3401 : US Code - Section 3401: Congressional findings and declaration of policy

Search 7 U.S.C. § 3401 : US Code - Section 3401: Congressional findings and declaration of policy

(a) Wheat is basic to the American diet and the American economy.
It is grown by thousands of farmers and consumed, in various forms,
by millions of people in the United States.
(b) The size of the American wheat crop and how it is marketed
and ultimately consumed determines whether many Americans receive
adequate nourishment. Wheat has a strong impact on the Nation's
well-being. Additional research on the optimal use of wheat
products can improve the American diet. Consumer education about
the nutritional value and economic use of wheat products can
enhance the national welfare.
(c) It has long been recognized that it is in the national
interest to have a regular, adequate, and high quality wheat
supply. It would be extremely difficult, without an effective
coordinated research and nutrition education effort, to accomplish
this objective. A programed effort of research and nutrition
education is of great importance to wheat producers, processors,
end product manufacturers, and consumers.
(d) It is the purpose of this chapter and in the public interest
to authorize and enable the creation of an orderly procedure,
adequately financed through an assessment, for the development and
initiation of an effective and continuous coordinated program of
research and nutrition education, designed to improve and enhance
the quality, and make the most efficient use, of American wheat,
processed wheat, and wheat end products to ensure an adequate diet
for the people of the United States. The maximum rate of assessment
authorized hereunder represents an infinitesimal proportion of the
overall cost of manufacturing wheat end products. Therefore, such
assessment will not significantly affect the retail prices of those
products. Furthermore, any price effect will be more than offset by
the increased efficiency in end product manufacture and increased
consumer acceptance, due to nutritional improvements in wheat
products, which may be expected to follow from adoption of a plan
under this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
provide for control of production or otherwise limit the right of
individual wheat producers to produce wheat.