2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 76 - Agriculture
Article 15 - Fruit and Vegetable Standards
Section 76-15-12 - Purpose of act.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 76-15-12 (2020)

The purpose of the Produce Marketing Act is to promote the development of the produce industry in New Mexico, to prevent fraud and deception in the receiving, packing, marketing, shipping, consignment, sale and accounting of sales of produce, to establish quality standards for produce and to provide for proper licensing and bonding of brokers, packers and wholesalers covered by the Produce Marketing Act.

History: 1953 Comp., § 45-17-35, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 82, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Constitutionality of statutes relating to grading, packing or branding of farm products, 73 A.L.R. 1445.

36A C.J.S. Food § 3.

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