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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§3410 Enforcement of Orders and Regulations

Title 7 › CHAPTER 65 — WHEAT AND WHEAT FOODS RESEARCH AND NUTRITION EDUCATION › § 3410

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal district courts can enforce and stop people from breaking any order or rule made under this chapter. Civil cases under the chapter must be sent to the Attorney General, but the Secretary may handle minor violations with a written warning instead. End product manufacturers or others who willfully break an order or refuse to pay a required fee can be fined up to $1,000 per offense, with the United States collecting the fine in a civil suit. These penalties and court actions are extra to other legal remedies.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §3410

Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Jurisdiction; reference of civil actions to Attorney General
The several district courts of the United States are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain any person from violating any order or regulation made or issued pursuant to this chapter. Any civil action authorized to be brought under this chapter shall be referred to the Attorney General for appropriate action: Provided, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Secretary to refer to the Attorney General minor violations of this chapter whenever the Secretary believes that the administration and enforcement of the program would be adequately served by suitable written notice or warning to any person committing such violation.
(b)Penalties
Any end product manufacturer or other person who willfully violates any provision of any order issued by the Secretary under this chapter, or who willfully fails or refuses to remit any assessment or fee duly required thereunder, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $1,000 for each such offense which shall accrue to the United States and may be recovered in a civil suit brought by the United States.
(c)Other remedies
The remedies provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, the remedies otherwise provided at law or in equity.

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Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 3410

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110