§ 491. — Destruction or dumping of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants, etc.; penalty.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC491]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 20--DUMPING OR DESTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE PRODUCE
Sec. 491. Destruction or dumping of farm produce received in
interstate commerce by commission merchants, etc.; penalty
After June 30, 1927, any person, firm, association, or corporation
receiving any fruits, vegetables, melons, dairy, or poultry products or
any perishable farm products of any kind or character, hereinafter
referred to as produce, in interstate commerce, or in the District of
Columbia, for or on behalf of another, who without good and sufficient
cause therefor shall destroy or abandon, discard as refuse or dump any
produce directly or indirectly or through collusion with any person, or
who shall knowingly and with intent to defraud make any false report or
statement to the person, firm, association, or corporation from whom any
produce was received, concerning the handling, condition, quality,
quantity, sale, or disposition thereof or who shall knowingly and with
intent to defraud fail truly and correctly to account therefor shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine
of not less than $100 and not more than $3,000, or by imprisonment for a
period of not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the
court.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 309, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 1355.)
Codification
Section constitutes part of section 1 of act Mar. 3, 1927. Remainder
of section 1 was classified to section 492 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 499c, 499d, 499n of this
title.
