What US Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 (7 USC ch 56): Producer Association Rights and Prohibited Handler Practices requires
The Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 (7 U.S.C. ch. 56, sections 2301 to 2306) protects the right of agricultural producers to join together in associations and prohibits handlers from coercing or discriminating against producers who exercise that right, administered by the Secretary of Agriculture and enforced through the courts. Section 2301 sets out the congressional findings and declaration of policy, declaring it to be the policy of Congress to establish standards of fair practices required of handlers in their dealings in agricultural products. Section 2302 defines the terms, providing that handler means a person engaged in acquiring agricultural products from producers, grading or processing products, or contracting with producers regarding production or marketing, and that association of producers means an association engaged in marketing, bargaining, shipping, or processing on behalf of producers. Section 2303 sets out the prohibited practices, providing that a handler may not coerce a producer regarding membership in an association, discriminate against a producer based on membership, coerce a producer to enter or change a contract, pay or offer an inducement to a producer to leave an association, make false reports about an association, or conspire to do any of these acts. Section 2304 disclaims any intention to prohibit normal dealing, and section 2305 sets out the enforcement provisions, under which an aggrieved party may sue for injunctive relief, the Attorney General may bring a civil action, and an injured person may recover damages within two years. The Act is the federal regime protecting producer bargaining associations.
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: US Congress / Department of Agriculture (Agricultural Marketing Service) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2022-title7/html/USCODE-2022-title7-chap56.htm
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- Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967, 7 U.S.C. 2301 - congressional findings and declaration of policy; standards of fair practices required of handlers.
- Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967, 7 U.S.C. 2302 - definition of handler.
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