112 STAT. 588 PUBLIC LAW 106-185-^JUNE 23, 1998 "(A) strengthen the position of the honey industry in the marketplace; "(B) maintain, develop, and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for honey and honey products; "(C) maintain and improve the competitiveness and efficiency of the honey industry; and "(D) sponsor research to develop better means of dealing with pest and disease problems; "(2) to maintain and expand the markets for all honey and honey products in a manner that— "(A) is not designed to maintain or expand any individual producer's, importer's, or handler's share of the market; and "(B) does not compete with or replace individu£d advertising or promotion efforts designed to promote individual brand name or trade name honey or honey products; and "(3) to authorize and fund programs that result in government speech promoting government objectives. "(c) ADMINISTRATION.— Nothing in this Ac1>— "(1) prohibits the sale of various grades of honey; "(2) provides for control of honey production; "(3) limits the right of the individual honey producer to produce honey; or "(4) creates a trade barrier to honey or honey products produced in a foreign country.". (b) DEFINITIONS. — Section 3 of the Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act (7 U.S.C. 4602) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following: "(7) HANDLE. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —The term liandle' means to process, package, sell, transport, purchase, or in any other way place or cause to be placed in commerce, honey or a honey product. "(B) INCLUSION. —The term 'handle' includes selling unprocessed honey that will be consumed or used without further processing or packaging. "(C) EXCLUSIONS. —The term Tiandle' does not include— "(i) the transportation of unprocessed honey by a producer to a handler; "(ii) the transportation by a commercial carrier of honey, whether processed or unprocessed, for a handler or producer; or "(iii) the purchase of honey or a honey product by a consumer or other end-user of the honey or honey product. "; (2) by adding at the end the following: "(19) DEPARTMENT.— The term 'Department' means the Department of Agriculture. "(20) HONEY PRODUCTION.— The term 'honey production' means all beekeeping operations related to— "(A) managing honey bee colonies to produce honey; "(B) harvesting honey from the colonies; "(C) extracting honey from ihe honeycombs; and "(D) preparing honey for sale for furdier processing.
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