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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§953 Reports; by Whom Made; Penalties

Title 7 › Chapter 32— PEANUT STATISTICS › § 953

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

People and businesses that handle peanuts — ten types named in the law (for example, warehouse operators, brokers, processors, manufacturers, and owners who did not grow the peanuts) — must send accurate reports about how many peanuts and how much peanut oil they receive, process, ship, or own. When the Secretary asks for these reports, they must send them on time and use the forms the Secretary provides. Anyone who is required to report but refuses, or who knowingly gives false or misleading answers, commits a misdemeanor. On conviction they face a fine of at least $300 and no more than $1,000, or up to one year in jail, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §953

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

It shall be the duty of each warehouseman, broker, cleaner, sheller, dealer, growers’ cooperative association, crusher, salter, manufacturer of peanut products, and owner other than the original producer of peanuts to furnish reports, complete and correct to the best of his knowledge, on the quantity of peanuts and peanut oil received, processed, shipped, and owned by him or in his possession. Such reports, when and as requested by the Secretary, shall be furnished within the time prescribed and in accordance with forms provided by him for the purpose. Any person required by this chapter, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, to furnish reports or information, and any officer, agent, or employee thereof, who shall refuse to give such reports or information or shall willfully give answers that are false and misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or be subject to both such fine and imprisonment.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

1957—Pub. L. 85–105 amended section generally, and, among other changes, divided first sentence into two sentences, substituting “owner other than the original producer of peanuts” for “owner or operator of peanut picking or threshing machines,” and inserted “to give such reports or information” in last sentence. 1938—Act May 12, 1938, among other changes, inserted “crusher, salter, manufacturer of peanut products” after “cooperative association”.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 953

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60