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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 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.
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