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7 U.S.C. § 1581 — False advertising
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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.
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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.
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Sections 111 to 116 of this title are repealed on the one hundred and eightieth day after August 9, 1939: Provided, however, That the notices with respect to imported alfalfa and red clover seed promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture under the authority of sections 111 to 116 of this title, and in effect on August 9, 1939, shall remain with the same full force and effect as if promulgated under this chapter.
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**(a) Transfer of agricultural import and entry inspection functions** There shall be transferred to the Secretary the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to agricultural import and entry inspection activities under the laws specified in subsection (b).
**(b) Covered animal and plant protection laws** The laws referred to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1) The Act commonly known as the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (the eighth paragraph under the heading “Bureau of Animal Industry” in the Act of March 4, 1913; [21 U.S.C. 151](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section151&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(2) Section 1 of the Act of August 31, 1922 (commonly known as the Honeybee Act; [7 U.S.C. 281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section281&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(3) Title III of the Federal Seed Act ([7 U.S.C. 1581](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1581&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(4) The Plant Protection Act ([7 U.S.C. 7701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(5) The Animal Health Protection Act (subtitle E of title X of Public Law 107–171; [7 U.S.C. 8301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section8301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(6) The Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ([16 U.S.C. 3371](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3371&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(7) Section 11 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ([16 U.S.C. 1540](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1540&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(c) Exclusion of quarantine activities** For purposes
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1575
1 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
brought under provisions of this chapter and stated
that use of enumerated clauses as defenses in pro-
ceedings not brought under this chapter is not barred.
1956—Act July 9, 1956, substituted ‘‘or other pro-
ceeding’’ for ‘‘, or in any proceeding for confiscation of
seeds,’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENT
Amendments made by act July 9, 1956, applicable
only with respect to violations occurring after July 9,
1956, see note set out under section 1596 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
See section 1610 of this title.
§ 1575. False advertising
It shall be unlawful for any person to dissemi-
nate, or cause to be disseminated, any false ad-
vertisement concerning seed, by the United
States mails, or in interstate or foreign com-
merce, in any manner or by any means, includ-
ing 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 Sec-
retary 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.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
See section 1610 of this title.
SUBCHAPTER III—FOREIGN COMMERCE
§ 1581. Prohibi
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