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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§591 Standards of Export; Establishment; Shipping Without Certificate Forbidden; Hearings

Title 7 › Chapter 25A— EXPORT STANDARDS FOR GRAPES AND PLUMS › § 591

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

It is illegal for anyone — shippers, carriers, steamship companies, or anyone else — to send, offer to send, or receive for sending grapes or plums to another country unless every package has a certificate from the Secretary showing the fruit meets a federal or state grade and the minimum quality required for that variety and destination, unless this chapter allows otherwise. The Secretary can set other rules the fruit must meet before a certificate is given. The Secretary must let interested people see the proposed export standards or rules and give comments, either at a public hearing or by some other way.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §591

Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or offer for shipment or for any carrier, or any steamship company, or any person to transport or receive for transportation to any foreign destination, except as provided in this chapter, any grapes or plums of any variety in packages which are not accompanied by a certificate issued under authority of the Secretary showing that such grapes or plums are of a Federal or State grade which meets the minimum of quality established for such variety and destination by the Secretary for shipment in export to such destination. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe, by regulations, the requirements, other than those of grades, which the fruit must meet before certificates are issued. The Secretary shall provide opportunity, by public hearing or otherwise for interested persons to examine and make recommendation with respect to any standard of export proposed to be established or designated, or regulation prescribed, by the Secretary for the purposes of this chapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1975—Pub. L. 93–606 inserted “and destination” and “to such destination” after “such variety” and “for shipment in export”, respectively. 1961—Pub. L. 87–105 inserted “of any variety” and “for such variety” after “any grapes or plums” and “minimum of quality established”, respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 86–687, as amended, which is classified to this chapter, is popularly known as the “Export Grape and Plum Act”.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 591

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60