Duties of the Board.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

The Board shall have the following duties: (a) To meet not less than annually, and to organize and select from among its members a chairman and such other officers as may be necessary; (b) To appoint from its members an executive committee whose membership shall equally reflect each of the different geographic regions in the United States in which milk is produced and importer representation on the Board, and to delegate to the committee authority to administer the terms and provisions of this subpart under the direction of the Board and within the policies determined by the Board; (c) To appoint or employ such persons as it may deem necessary and define the duties and determine the compensation of each; (d) To review all programs that promote milk and dairy products on a brand or trade name basis that have requested certification pursuant to § 1150.153, and to recommend to the Secretary whether such request should be granted; (e) To develop and submit to the Secretary for approval, promotion, research, and nutrition education plans or projects resulting from research or studies conducted either by the Board or others; (f) To solicit, among other proposals, research proposals that would increase the use of fluid milk and dairy products by the military and by persons in developing nations, and that would demonstrate the feasibility of converting surplus nonfat dry milk to casein for domestic and export use; (g) To prepare and submit to the Secretary for approval, budgets on a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1150.140