2011 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 56 - UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AFFECTING PRODUCERS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (§§ 2301 - 2306)
Section 2303 - Prohibited practices
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 56 - UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AFFECTING PRODUCERS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Sec. 2303 - Prohibited practices |
Contains | section 2303 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 90-288, §4, Apr. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 94. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 82 Stat. 94 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 90-288 |
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It shall be unlawful for any handler knowingly to engage or permit any employee or agent to engage in the following practices:
(a) To coerce any producer in the exercise of his right to join and belong to or to refrain from joining or belonging to an association of producers, or to refuse to deal with any producer because of the exercise of his right to join and belong to such an association; or
(b) To discriminate against any producer with respect to price, quantity, quality, or other terms of purchase, acquisition, or other handling of agricultural products because of his membership in or contract with an association of producers; or
(c) To coerce or intimidate any producer to enter into, maintain, breach, cancel, or terminate a membership agreement or marketing contract with an association of producers or a contract with a handler; or
(d) To pay or loan money, give any thing of value, or offer any other inducement or reward to a producer for refusing to or ceasing to belong to an association of producers; or
(e) To make false reports about the finances, management, or activities of associations of producers or handlers; or
(f) To conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with any other person to do, or aid or abet the doing of, any act made unlawful by this chapter.
(Pub. L. 90–288, §4, Apr. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 94.)
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