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title: "7 U.S.C. § 6501"
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title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_name: "ORGANIC CERTIFICATION"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 6501 - Purposes

## Text

It is the purpose of this chapter—

(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.

(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2102, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3935.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short TitlePub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2101, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3935, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Organic Foods Production Act of 1990’.”