Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§1575 False advertising
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 37— - SEEDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - INTERSTATE COMMERCE › § 1575
Summary
You may not send or cause false advertisements about seed by mail, across state lines, abroad, or by radio. Except for the person who transported, delivered, sold, or offered the seed, advertisers and media aren’t liable unless, when the Secretary of Agriculture asks, they refuse to give the name and U.S. mailing address of who caused the ad.
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Title 7, §1575
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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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7 U.S.C. § 1575
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73