§ 1808. Powers to promote regulatory uniformity, simplicity, and interstate cooperation
The Commission is hereby empowered to:
(1) Investigate or provide for investigations or research projects designed to review
the existing laws and regulations of the participating states, to consider their administration
and costs, and to measure their impact on the production and marketing of milk and
their effects on the shipment of milk and milk products within the region.
(2) Prepare and transmit to the participating states model dairy laws and regulations
dealing with the inspection of farms and plants, sanitary codes, labels for dairy
products and their imitations, standards for dairy products, license standards, producer
security programs, and fair trade laws.
(3) Study and recommend to the participating states joint or cooperative programs for
the administration of the dairy laws and regulations and prepare estimates of cost
savings and benefits of such programs.
(4) Encourage the harmonious relationships between the various elements in the industry
for the solution of their material problems. Conduct symposiums or conferences designed
to improve industry relations, or a better understanding of problems.
(5) Prepare and release periodic reports on activities and results of the Commission’s
efforts to the participating states.
(6) Review the existing marketing system for milk and milk products and recommend changes
in the existing structure for assembly and distribution of milk which may assist,
improve, or promote more efficient assembly and distribution of milk.
(7) Investigate costs and charges for producing, hauling, handling, processing, distributing,
selling and for all other services performed with respect to milk.
(8) Examine current economic forces affecting producers, probable trends in production
and consumption, the level of dairy farm prices in relation to costs, the financial
conditions of dairy farmers, and the need for an emergency order to relieve critical
conditions on dairy farms. (Added 1993, No. 57, § 1, eff. June 3, 1993.)