7 CFR § 1170.16 - Enforcement.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1170.16"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 1170.16 - Enforcement."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1170.16"
section_name: "Enforcement."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MILK), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1170"
part_name: "DAIRY PRODUCT MANDATORY REPORTING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1637-1637b, as amended by Pub. L. 106-532, 114 Stat. 2541; Pub. L. 107-171, 116 Stat. 207; and Pub. L. 111-239, 124 Stat. 2501."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 34181, June 17, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1170"
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# 1170.16 Enforcement.

(a) If a person subject to the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting program fails to obey a cease and desist order after the order has become final and unappealable, or after the appropriate United States district court has entered a final judgment in favor of the Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, the United States may apply to the appropriate United States district court for enforcement of the order.

(b) If the court determines that the cease and desist order was lawfully made and duly served and that the manufacturer or person violated the order, the court shall enforce the order.

(c) If the court finds that the manufacturer or person violated the cease and desist order, the manufacturer or person shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than the amount specified at § 3.91(b)(1)(liv) of this title for each offense.

[73 FR 34181, June 17, 2008, as amended at 75 FR 17561, Apr. 7, 2010]