7 USC § 599 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s599"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 599 - Definitions"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "599"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "EXPORT STANDARDS FOR GRAPES AND PLUMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 86–687, § 9, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 735.)"
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# § 599. Definitions

When used in this chapter—

**(1)** The term “person” includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations.

**(2)** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

**(3)** Except as provided herein, the term “foreign commerce” means commerce between any State, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside of the United States or its possessions.

**(4)** The term “grapes” means vinifera species table grapes, European type, whether or not they have been in storage.

**(5)** The term “plums” means both European and Japanese type, whether or not they have been in storage, but does not mean Italian-type prunes, nor damson-type plums.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 86–687, § 9, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 735.)