§ 852. — Marketing agreements with handlers; exemption from antitrust laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC852]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 30--ANTI-HOG-CHOLERA SERUM AND HOG-CHOLERA VIRUS
Sec. 852. Marketing agreements with handlers; exemption from
antitrust laws
In order to effectuate the policy declared in section 851 of this
title the Secretary of Agriculture shall have the power, after due
notice and opportunity for hearing, to enter into marketing agreements
with manufacturers and others engaged in the handling of anti-hog-
cholera serum and hog-cholera virus only with respect to such handling
as is in the current of interstate or foreign commerce or which directly
burdens, obstructs, or affects interstate or foreign commerce in such
serum and virus. Such persons are in section 854 of this title referred
to as ``handlers.'' The making of any such agreement shall not be held
to be in violation of any of the antitrust laws of the United States,
and any such agreement shall be deemed to be lawful.
(Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, Sec. 57, 49 Stat. 781.)
References in Text
Antitrust laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to chapter 1 (Sec. 1 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce
and Trade.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 853, 854, 855 of this title.
