Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§1575 False Advertising
Title 7 › CHAPTER 37 — SEEDS › SUBCHAPTER II — INTERSTATE COMMERCE › § 1575
Summary
You may not send or cause to be sent a false advertisement about seed by U.S. mail, across state or foreign lines, by radio, or by any other way. Advertising firms and media outlets are usually not held responsible, but the person who moved, sold, or offered the seed can be held responsible, and anyone who refuses the Secretary of Agriculture’s request to give the U.S. name and address of who caused the ad can also be held responsible.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102