{"identifier":"/us/usc/t7/s3172","title":7,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3172.","heading":"Duties of Secretary of Agriculture","text":"\u00a7\u202f3172.\nDuties of Secretary of Agriculture\nIn order to carry out the policy of this subchapter, the Secretary shall develop and implement a national food and human nutrition research and extension program that shall include, but not be limited to\u2014\n(1) research on human nutritional requirements;\n(2) research on the nutrient composition of foods and the effects of agricultural practices, handling, food processing, and cooking on the nutrients they contain;\n(3) surveillance of the nutritional benefits provided to participants in the food programs administered by the Department of Agriculture;\n(4) research on the factors affecting food preference and habits; and\n(5) the development of techniques and equipment to assist consumers in the home or in institutions in selecting food that supplies a nutritionally adequate diet.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t7/s3172.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s3172","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3172."},{"t":"heading","text":"Duties of Secretary of Agriculture","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In order to carry out the policy of this subchapter, the Secretary shall develop and implement a national food and human nutrition research and extension program that shall include, but not be limited to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s3172/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" research on human nutritional requirements;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s3172/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" research on the nutrient composition of foods and the effects of agricultural practices, handling, food processing, and cooking on the nutrients they contain;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s3172/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" surveillance of the nutritional benefits provided to participants in the food programs administered by the Department of Agriculture;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s3172/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" research on the factors affecting food preference and habits; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s3172/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the development of techniques and equipment to assist consumers in the home or in institutions in selecting food that supplies a nutritionally adequate diet.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}