---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1637a"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1637a"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1637a"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products"
  - "Subchapter III — Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting"
---

# §1637a. Definitions


In this subchapter:

- (1) **Dairy products—** The term “dairy products” means—
  - (A) manufactured [dairy products](#1) that are used by the [Secretary](#3) to establish minimum prices for Class III and Class IV milk under a Federal milk marketing order issued under [section 608c of this title](/usc/7/608c.md); and
  - (B) substantially identical products designated by the [Secretary](#3).
- (2) **Manufacturer—** The term “manufacturer” means any [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) engaged in the business of buying milk in commerce for the purpose of manufacturing [dairy products](#1).
- (3) **Secretary—** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

## Source credit

(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 272, as added Pub. L. 106–532, § 2, Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2541; amended Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1504, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 207.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Par. (1). Pub. L. 107–171 inserted hyphen after “means”, designated remainder of existing provisions as subpar. (A), substituted “; and” for period at end, and added subpar. (B).