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title: "7 U.S.C. § 1594"
description: "Prohibition against alterations"
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title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1594"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 1594 - Prohibition against alterations

## Text

No person shall detach, alter, deface, or destroy any label provided for in this chapter or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of Agriculture, or alter or substitute seed in a manner that may defeat the purpose of this chapter.

(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 404, 53 Stat. 1286.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSee section 1610 of this title.