DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 1999C. DEFINITIONS. As used in this subtitle: (1) Advertising.— The term “advertising” means any advertising or promotion program involving only fluid milk products and directed toward increasing the general demand for fluid milk products. (2) Board.— The term “Board” means the National Processor Advertising and Promotion Board established under section 1999H(b). (3) Fluid milk product.— The term “fluid milk product”— (A) means any of the following products in fluid or frozen form: milk, skim milk, lowfat milk, milk drinks, buttermilk, filled milk, and milkshake and ice milk mixes containing less than 20 percent total solids, including any such products that are flavored, cultured, modified with added nonfat milk solids, concentrated (if in a consumer-type package), or reconstituted; and (B) does not include evaporated or condensed milk (plain or sweetened), evaporated or condensed skim milk (plain or sweetened), formulas specially prepared for infant feeding or dietary use that are packaged in hermetically sealed glass or all-metal containers, any product that contains by weight less than 6.5 percent nonfat milk solids, and whey. (4) Fluid milk processor.— The term “fluid milk processor” means any person who processes and markets commercially fluid milk products in consumer-type packages. (5) Department.— The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture. (6) Research.— The term “research”— (A) means market research limited to the support of advertising and promotion efforts, including educational activities; and (B) does not include research directed to product characteristics such as nutrients; product development including new products; or improved technology in production, manufacturing or processing; or any other efforts not directly applicable to measuring or increasing the effective-104 STAT. 3916 ness of advertising activities in expanding sales of fluid milk products. (7) Secretary.— The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture. (8) United States.— The term “United States”, except as used in sections 1999K through 1999M, means the 48 contiguous States in the continental United States and the District of Columbia.