7 U.S.C. § 953: Reports; by whom made; penalties

Summary

People and businesses that handle peanuts or peanut oil must give true and complete reports about how much they receive, process, ship, or own. This includes people like warehouse operators, brokers, cleaners, shellers, dealers, growers’ cooperatives, crushers, salters, manufacturers of peanut products, and any owner who did not grow the peanuts. Reports must be sent when the Secretary asks, using the forms and deadlines the Secretary provides. Anyone required to report who refuses or who knowingly gives false information commits a crime. If convicted, the person can be fined $300 to $1,000, jailed for up to one year, or both.

Title 7, §953

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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.

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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”.

§953 Reports; by Whom Made; Penalties

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Title 7, §953

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