§ 1160.301 - Promotion, consumer education and research.

§ 1160.301 Promotion, consumer education and research.

(a) The Board shall receive and evaluate, or on its own initiative develop, and submit to the Secretary for approval any plans or projects authorized in §§ 1160.208 and 1160.209. Such plans or projects shall provide for:

(1) The establishment, issuance, effectuation, and administration of consumer education, promotion and research activities with respect to fluid milk products; and

(2) The evaluation of consumer education, promotion and research activities implemented under the direction of the Board, and the communication of such evaluation to fluid milk processors and the public.

(b) The Board shall periodically review or evaluate each plan or project authorized under § 1160.301(a) to ensure that it contributes to an effective program of promotion, consumer education and research. If the Board finds that any such plan or project does not further the purposes of the Act, the Board shall terminate that plan or project.

(c) No plan or project authorized under § 1160.301(a) may employ unfair or deceptive acts or practices with respect to the quality, value or use of any competing product.

(d) No plan or project authorized under § 1160.301(a) may make use of a brand or trade name of a fluid milk product, except that this paragraph does not preclude the Board from offering program material to commercial parties to use under such terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, subject to approval by the Secretary.