(a) Contingent upon the capacity of a warehouse, a warehouse operator will deal in a fair and reasonable manner with persons storing, or seeking to store, an agricultural product in the warehouse if the agricultural product is:
(1) Of the kind, type, and quality customarily stored or handled in the area in which the warehouse is located;
(2) Tendered to the warehouse operator in a suitable condition for warehousing; and
(3) Tendered in a manner that is consistent with the ordinary and usual course of business.
(b) Nothing in this section will prohibit a warehouse operator from entering into an agreement with a depositor of an agricultural product to allocate available storage space.
source: 67 FR 50783, Aug. 5, 2002, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 84 FR 45645, Aug. 30, 2019.
cite as: 7 CFR 869.111