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title: "7 U.S.C. § 1638d"
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title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 1638d - Applicability

## Text

This subchapter shall apply to the retail sale of a covered commodity beginning September 30, 2008, except for “farm-raised fish” and “wild fish” which shall be September 30, 2004.

(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 285, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10816, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 535; amended Pub. L. 108–199, div. A, title VII, § 749, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 37; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 792, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2164.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2005—Pub. L. 109–97 substituted “2008” for “2006”. 2004—Pub. L. 108–199 substituted “2006, except for ‘farm-raised fish’ and ‘wild fish’ which shall be September 30, 2004” for “2004”.