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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="10-1701" title_number="10" title_name="Promotion and Identification of Agricultural Products" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Advertising or Identifying Agricultural Products as Locally Grown">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary may adopt standards to regulate the use of the terms “locally grown” and “local” to advertise or identify an agricultural product.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before adopting standards under this section, the Secretary shall convene and consult with an advisory group of interested stakeholders to determine the definition of the term “locally grown”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The interested stakeholders convened under subsection (b) of this section shall include representatives from organizations that represent:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Farmers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Food distributors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Retail stores;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Food service industries; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Restaurants.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
