7 U.S.C. § 6101 : US Code - Section 6101: Findings and declaration of policy

Search 7 U.S.C. § 6101 : US Code - Section 6101: Findings and declaration of policy

(a) Findings
Congress finds that - 
(1) mushrooms are an important food that is a valuable part of
the human diet;
(2) the production of mushrooms plays a significant role in the
Nation's economy in that mushrooms are produced by hundreds of
mushroom producers, distributed through thousands of wholesale
and retail outlets, and consumed by millions of people throughout
the United States and foreign countries;
(3) mushroom production benefits the environment by efficiently
using agricultural byproducts;
(4) mushrooms must be high quality, readily available, handled
properly, and marketed efficiently to ensure that the benefits of
this important product are available to the people of the United
States;
(5) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and uses,
and the development of new markets and uses, for mushrooms are
vital to the welfare of producers and those concerned with
marketing and using mushrooms, as well as to the agricultural
economy of the Nation;
(6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation
of a coordinated program of mushroom promotion, research, and
consumer information are necessary to maintain and expand
existing markets for mushrooms; and
(7) mushrooms move in interstate and foreign commerce, and
mushrooms that do not move in such channels of commerce directly
burden or affect interstate commerce in mushrooms.
(b) Policy
It is declared to be the policy of Congress that it is in the
public interest to authorize the establishment, through the
exercise of the powers provided in this chapter, of an orderly
procedure for developing, financing through adequate assessments on
mushrooms produced domestically or imported into the United States,
and carrying out, an effective, continuous, and coordinated program
of promotion, research, and consumer and industry information
designed to - 
(1) strengthen the mushroom industry's position in the
marketplace;
(2) maintain and expand existing markets and uses for
mushrooms; and
(3) develop new markets and uses for mushrooms.
(c) Construction
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the
control of production or otherwise limit the right of individual
producers to produce mushrooms.