7 U.S.C. § 78 : US Code - Section 78: Use of official grade designations required; false or misleading grade designations for grain shipped out of the United States
Search 7 U.S.C. § 78 : US Code - Section 78: Use of official grade designations required; false or misleading grade designations for grain shipped out of the United States
(a) Whenever standards relating to kind, class, quality, or
condition of grain are effective under section 76 of this title for
any grain no person shall in any sale, offer for sale, or
consignment for sale, which involves the shipment of such grain in
interstate or foreign commerce, describe such grain as being of any
grade in any advertising, price quotation, other negotiation of
sale, contract of sale, invoice, bill of lading, other document, or
description on bags or other containers of the grain, other than by
an official grade designation, with or without additional
information as to specified factors: Provided, That the description
of such grain by any proprietary brand name or trademark that does
not resemble an official grade designation, or with respect to
interstate commerce, by the use of one or more grade factor
designations set forth in the official United States standards for
grain, or by other criteria shall not be deemed to be a description
of grain as being of any grade.
(b) No person shall, in any sale, offer for sale, or consignment
for sale, of any grain which involves the shipment of such grain
from the United States to any place outside thereof, knowingly
describe such grain by any official grade designation, or other
description, which is false or misleading.
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