7 CFR § 46.41 - Licensee's responsibility for acts of employees and agents.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s46.41"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 46.41 - Licensee's responsibility for acts of employees and agents."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "46.41"
section_name: "Licensee's responsibility for acts of employees and agents."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES"
part_number: "46"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS (OTHER THAN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES) UNDER THE PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1930"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 499a-499t."
regulatory_source: "28 FR 7067, July 11, 1963; 28 FR 7287, July 17, 1963, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "46"
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# 46.41 Licensee's responsibility for acts of employees and agents.
In construing and enforcing the provisions of the Act and the regulations in this part, the act, omission, or failure of any agent, officer, or other person acting for or employed by a licensee, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be deemed the Act, omission, or failure of the licensee.
[25 FR 4853, June 2, 1960. Redesignated at 28 FR 7067, July 11, 1963]