The Legislature further finds and declares that commission and council activities are essential to the goals and interests of the State of California that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Research, including, but not limited to, production research, food safety research, marketing research and trends analysis, and research relating to crop protection and production materials.
(b) Elimination of tariff and nontariff trade barriers.
(c) Consumer education relating to the health and other benefits of using and consuming agricultural and seafood products.
(d) Consumer education relating to environmental protection and conservation.
(e) Demand-side regulation that stabilizes the flow of product to market through promotion.
(f) Analysis of the impact of federal, state and foreign regulation.
(g) Cooperative crisis resolution that impacts public health and safety and the continued stability of the industry.
(h) Participation with state and federal agencies in negotiating with other governments relating to market access issues such as phytosanitary issues, shipping protocols, crop protection residues, packaging, labeling, and other issues raised by countries imposing trade barriers on the import of agricultural and seafood products into their markets.
(i) Industry self-regulation to establish and maintain grade, size, and maturity standards and to stabilize the flow of product to market.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 510, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)