PRIA Logo™
Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§1575 False Advertising

Title 7 › Chapter 37— SEEDS › Subchapter II— INTERSTATE COMMERCE › § 1575

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

It is illegal to send or spread any false advertisement about seed by mail, across state or country lines, by radio, or by any other means. Most people, advertising agencies, or media outlets won’t be held responsible just for running the ad unless the Secretary of Agriculture asks them for the name and U.S. mailing address of the person or ad agency in the United States that caused the ad and they refuse to give it. The person who moved, handled, sold, or offered for sale the seed mentioned in the ad is not protected by that rule.

Full Legal Text

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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1575

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60