7 U.S.C. § 2303 : US Code - Section 2303: Prohibited practices

Search 7 U.S.C. § 2303 : US Code - Section 2303: Prohibited practices

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.