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Title 7
Chapter 37
Subchapter III
§ 1585. Certain seeds not adapte...
Subchapter IV - GENERAL PROVISIO...
§ 1585. Certain seeds not adapte...
Subchapter IV - GENERAL PROVISIO...
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Notes
§ 1586.
Certain acts prohibited
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.
(
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
.)
cite as:
7 USC 1586
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