{"data":{"id":"us-me/7-m.r.s.-422","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"7 M.R.S. §422","heading":"Purposes","body":"The purposes of this subchapter are:\n1.  Correlated marketing.  To enable producers of agricultural commodities of this State, with the aid of the State, to more effectively correlate the marketing of their crops with market demands;\n2.  Uniform grading.  To provide for uniform grading and proper preparation of agricultural commodities for market;\n3.  Development of markets.  To provide methods and means for the development of new and larger markets for agricultural commodities grown within the State;\n4.  Orderly marketing.  To establish orderly marketing and pricing of agricultural commodities grown within this State; and\n5.  Elimination of economic waste.  To eliminate or reduce economic waste in the marketing of agricultural commodities grown within the State.","path":["TITLE 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS","PART 2: MARKETING, GRADING AND LABELING","CHAPTER 101: GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER 1-B: AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES MARKETING ACT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/7/title7sec422.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:23Z","sha256":"02a5f78356df1a94c00371dd585cb08e9858242a901b88158e46285508c258d9","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/7-m.r.s.-421","next":"us-me/7-m.r.s.-423"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}