§ 2303. — Prohibited practices.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2303]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 56--UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AFFECTING PRODUCERS OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS
Sec. 2303. Prohibited practices
It shall be unlawful for any handler knowingly to engage or permit
any employee or agent to engage in the following practices:
(a) To coerce any producer in the exercise of his right to join and
belong to or to refrain from joining or belonging to an association of
producers, or to refuse to deal with any producer because of the
exercise of his right to join and belong to such an association; or
(b) To discriminate against any producer with respect to price,
quantity, quality, or other terms of purchase, acquisition, or other
handling of agricultural products because of his membership in or
contract with an association of producers; or
(c) To coerce or intimidate any producer to enter into, maintain,
breach, cancel, or terminate a membership agreement or marketing
contract with an association of producers or a contract with a handler;
or
(d) To pay or loan money, give any thing of value, or offer any
other inducement or reward to a producer for refusing to or ceasing to
belong to an association of producers; or
(e) To make false reports about the finances, management, or
activities of associations of producers or handlers; or
(f) To conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with any other person to
do, or aid or abet the doing of, any act made unlawful by this chapter.
(Pub. L. 90-288, Sec. 4, Apr. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 94.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2305 of this title.
