Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 94 — Organic Certification
§ 6501. Purposes
Statutory text
It is the purpose of this chapter—
to establish national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produced products;
to assure consumers that organically produced products meet a consistent standard; and
to facilitate interstate commerce in fresh and processed food that is organically produced.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–624 title XXI § 2102 · 104 Stat. 3359
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6501
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2102, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3935.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2102, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3935.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2102. PURPOSES. It is the purpose of this title— (1) to establish national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produced products; (2) to assure consumers that organically produced products meet a consistent standard; and (3) to facilitate interstate commerce in fresh and processed food that is organically produced.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2101, , 104 Stat. 3935, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Organic Foods Production Act of 1990’.”