Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§1304 Consumer Safeguards

Title 7 › CHAPTER 35 — AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 › SUBCHAPTER II — LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES › Part A — Definitions, Loans, Parity Payments, and Consumer Safeguards › § 1304

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must not use these powers to cut farm production so that supplies of food and fiber fall below what is needed for normal U.S. consumption, based on records from 1920 through 1929. The Secretary must consider population changes, lower exports during that time, current consumption and export trends, and available substitute foods. The Secretary must also work to keep a steady domestic supply that meets consumer demand and keeps prices fair for both producers and consumers.

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Title 7, §1304

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The powers conferred under this chapter shall not be used to discourage the production of supplies of foods and fibers sufficient to maintain normal domestic human consumption as determined by the Secretary from the records of domestic human consumption in the years 1920 to 1929, inclusive, taking into consideration increased population quantities of any commodity that were forced into domestic consumption by decline in exports during such period, current trends in domestic consumption and exports of particular commodities, and the quantities of substitutes available for domestic consumption within any general class of food commodities. In carrying out the purposes of this chapter it shall be the duty of the Secretary to give due regard to the maintenance of a continuous and stable supply of agricultural commodities from domestic production adequate to meet consumer demand at prices fair to both producers and consumers.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1304

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102