7 USC § 1594 - Prohibition against alterations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1594"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 1594 - Prohibition against alterations"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1594"
section_name: "Prohibition against alterations"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "SEEDS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 404, 53 Stat. 1286.)"
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# § 1594. Prohibition against alterations

No person shall detach, alter, deface, or destroy any label provided for in this chapter or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of Agriculture, or alter or substitute seed in a manner that may defeat the purpose of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 404, 53 Stat. 1286.)

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