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7 U.S.C. § 1586 — Certain acts prohibited

submitted 87 years ago by ch. 615 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 160 words · no verdicts yet

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This section prohibits specified sales of imported seed and false or misleading statements about covered seed. It includes a good-faith exception for an indistinguishable variety name supplied by the shipper.

It is unlawful for anyone—

(a) To sell or offer for seeding any seed or seed screenings imported for a different purpose, or any seed whose entry this chapter prohibits.

(b) To make a false or misleading statement about covered seed being imported or offered for import. A person does not violate this subsection when the statement is the name of a visually indistinguishable variety and the records show the person honestly relied on that name as supplied by the shipper.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

It shall be unlawful for any person—

(a)

To sell or offer for sale—

(1)

any seed for seeding purposes if imported under this subchapter for other than seeding purposes;

(2)

any screenings of any seeds for seeding purposes if imported under this subchapter for other than seeding purposes; or

(3)

any seed which is prohibited entry under the provisions of this chapter.

(b)

To make any false or misleading representation with respect to any seed subject to this subchapter being imported into the United States or offered for import: Provided, That this subsection shall not be deemed violated by any person if the false or misleading representation is the name of a variety indistinguishable in appearance from the seed being imported or offered for import and the records and other pertinent facts reveal that such person relied in good faith upon representations with respect to the name of the indistinguishable variety made by the shipper of the seed.

Source credit: (Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 304, formerly § 306, 53 Stat. 1285; Pub. L. 85–581, § 15, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 479; renumbered § 304, Pub. L. 97–439, § 5(b)(4), Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2288; Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 441(4), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4973.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1939Enacted · Act of Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615 · 53 Stat. 1285
  • 1958Amended · Pub. L. 85-581 · 72 Stat. 479
  • 1983Amended · Pub. L. 97-439 · 96 Stat. 2288
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-465 · 108 Stat. 4973

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 615 on 1939-08-09.

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