7 CFR § 1216.49 - Prohibited activities.

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title: "7 CFR § 1216.49 - Prohibited activities."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1216.49"
section_name: "Prohibited activities."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1216"
part_name: "PEANUT PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION ORDER"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 7411-7425 and 7 U.S.C. 7401."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 20105, Apr. 23, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1216"
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# 1216.49 Prohibited activities.

The Board may not engage in, and shall prohibit the employees and agents of the Board from engaging in:

(a) Any action that would be a conflict of interest;

(b) Using funds collected by the Board under the Order to undertake any action for the purpose of influencing legislation or governmental action or policy, including local, state, national, and international, other than recommending to the Secretary amendments to the Order; and

(c) Any advertising, including promotion, research, and information activities authorized to be carried out under the Order, that is false or misleading or disparaging to another agricultural commodity.