Section 76-15-1 - Purpose of act.
76-15-1. Purpose of act.
The declared purpose of this act [76-15-1 to 76-15-9 NMSA 1978] is to promote the development of marketing conditions and grading standards for the New Mexico fruit industry; to prevent fraud and deception in the grading and marketing of fruit in intrastate, interstate and foreign commerce; to control the marketing of substandard fruit; to eliminate or reduce economic waste in marketing; to provide methods for the development of markets and marketing standards for fruit grown within the state of New Mexico by the establishment of districts within the state for such regulation.