<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id087e33ad-8c63-11e9-b85c-f2648b4e4a41" identifier="/us/usc/t7/s6501"><num value="6501">§ 6501.</num><heading> Purposes</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">It is the purpose of this chapter—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id087e33ae-8c63-11e9-b85c-f2648b4e4a41" identifier="/us/usc/t7/s6501/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> to establish national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produced products;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id087e33af-8c63-11e9-b85c-f2648b4e4a41" identifier="/us/usc/t7/s6501/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> to assure consumers that organically produced products meet a consistent standard; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id087e33b0-8c63-11e9-b85c-f2648b4e4a41" identifier="/us/usc/t7/s6501/3"><num value="3">(3)</num><content> to facilitate interstate commerce in fresh and processed food that is organically produced.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="id087e33b1-8c63-11e9-b85c-f2648b4e4a41">(<ref href="/us/pl/101/624/tXXI/s2102">Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2102</ref>, <date date="1990-11-28">Nov. 28, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/3935">104 Stat. 3935</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="shortTitle" id="id087e33b3-8c63-11e9-b85c-f2648b4e4a41"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Short Title</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/101/624/tXXI/s2101">Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2101</ref>, <date date="1990-11-28">Nov. 28, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/3935">104 Stat. 3935</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/101/624/tXXI/s2101">“This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Organic Foods Production Act of 1990’.”</quotedContent>
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