7 CFR § 1000.2 - General definitions.

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title: "7 CFR § 1000.2 - General definitions."
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chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MILK), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS"
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# 1000.2 General definitions.

(a) *Act* means Public Act No. 10, 73d Congress, as amended and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.*).

(b) *Order* or *Federal milk order* means the applicable part of 7 CFR, chapter X, issued pursuant to Section 8c of the Act as a Federal milk marketing order (as amended).

(c) *Department* means the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

(d) *Secretary* means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated, to act in his stead.

(e) *Person* means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit.