Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 27, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 22, 2024
§ 869.111 - Fair treatment.

(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.

authority: 7 U.S.C. 241
source: 67 FR 50783, Aug. 5, 2002, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 84 FR 45645, Aug. 30, 2019.
cite as: 7 CFR 869.111