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7 U.S.C. § 499b

Unfair conduct

United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective

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7 U.S.C. § 499b, Unfair conduct, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428968
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It shall be unlawful in or in connection with any transaction in interstate or foreign commerce: For any commission merchant, dealer, or broker to misrepresent by word, act, mark, stencil, label, statement, or deed, the character, kind, grade, quality, quantity, size, pack, weight, condition, degree of maturity, or State, country, or region of origin of any perishable agricultural commodity received, shipped, sold, or offered to be sold in interstate or foreign commerce. However, any commission merchant, dealer, or broker who has violated—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 93-369(H.R. 13264)1974-08-10
    A bill to amend the provisions of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, relating to practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-352(H.R. 6865)1982-10-18
    A bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the payment of monetary penalties for certain admitted and infrequent violations involving misrepresentation under such Act, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-273(H.R. 3867)1984-05-07
    A bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, by impressing a trust on the commodities and sales proceeds of perishable agricultural commodities for the benefit of the unpaid seller, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-48(H.R. 1103)1995-11-15
    Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments of 1995
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally