7 CFR 789.42
§ 789.42 Directives.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 789.42, § 789.42 Directives, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/20294
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(a) A directive is an official action that requires a person to take or refrain from taking certain actions in accordance with the provisions of the directive.
(b) A person must comply with each directive issued. However, a person may not use or extend a directive to obtain any items from a supplier, unless expressly authorized to do so in the directive.
(c) A priorities directive takes precedence over all DX-rated orders, DO-rated orders, and unrated orders previously or subsequently received, unless a contrary instruction appears in the directive.
(d) An allocations directive takes precedence over all priorities directives, DX-rated orders, DO-rated orders, and unrated orders previously or subsequently received, unless a contrary instruction appears in the directive.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.