Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§1594 Prohibition Against Alterations

Title 7 › CHAPTER 37 — SEEDS › SUBCHAPTER IV — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1594

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

You must not remove, change, damage, or destroy any label required by this chapter or by rules made by the Secretary of Agriculture. You also must not alter or swap seeds in any way that would keep this chapter from working.

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Title 7, §1594

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No person shall detach, alter, deface, or destroy any label provided for in this chapter or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of Agriculture, or alter or substitute seed in a manner that may defeat the purpose of this chapter.

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Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1594

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102