7 USC § 244 - Quality and value standards

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s244"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 244 - Quality and value standards"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "244"
section_name: "Quality and value standards"
chapter_number: 10
chapter_name: "WAREHOUSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, § 5, as added Pub. L. 106–472, title II, § 201, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2064.)"
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# § 244. Quality and value standards

If standards for the evaluation or determination of the quality or value of an agricultural product are not established under another Federal law, the Secretary may establish standards for the evaluation or determination of the quality or value of the agricultural product under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, § 5, as added Pub. L. 106–472, title II, § 201, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2064.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 244, acts , pt. C, § 4, ; , , authorized licensing of warehousemen, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by . See .

A prior section 5 of , pt. C, was classified to , prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .