7 CFR § 48.4 - Destroying or dumping.

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title: "7 CFR § 48.4 - Destroying or dumping."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "48.4"
section_name: "Destroying or dumping."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES"
part_number: "48"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PRODUCE AGENCY ACT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Sec. 3, 44, Stat. 1355, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 494."
regulatory_source: "24 FR 7127, Sept. 3, 1959, unless otherwise noted."
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# 48.4 Destroying or dumping.

Any person receiving produce in interstate commerce or in the District of Columbia for or on behalf of another who, without good and sufficient cause, shall destroy or abandon, discard as refuse, or dump any produce, directly or indirectly or through collusion with any person, shall be considered to have violated the Act.