2020 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 37 - Seeds
Subchapter II - Interstate Commerce
Sec. 1575 - False advertising
7 U.S.C. § 1575 (2020) |
§1575. False advertising |
It shall be unlawful for any person to disseminate, or cause to be disseminated, any false advertisement concerning seed, by the United States mails, or in interstate or foreign commerce, in any manner or by any means, including radio broadcasts: Provided, however, That no person, advertising agency, or medium for the dissemination of advertising, except the person who transported, delivered for transportation, sold, or offered for sale seed to which the false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section by reason of disseminating or causing to be disseminated any false advertisement, unless he or it has refused, on the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, to furnish the Secretary the name and post-office address of the person, or advertising agency, residing in the United States, who caused, directly or indirectly, the dissemination of such advertisement. |
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title II, §205, 53 Stat. 1282.) |
EFFECTIVE DATE
See section 1610 of this title. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
Bills and Statutes |
United States Code |
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Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 37 - SEEDS SUBCHAPTER II - INTERSTATE COMMERCE Sec. 1575 - False advertising |
section 1575 |
2020 |
January 13, 2021 |
No |
standard |
53 Stat. 1282 |