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[CITE: 7USC581]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                 CHAPTER 25--EXPORT STANDARDS FOR APPLES
 
Sec. 581. Standards of export; establishment; shipping without 
        certificate forbidden; hearings
        
    It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or offer for shipment or 
for any carrier, or any steamship company, or any person to transport or 
receive for transportation to any foreign destination, except as 
provided in this chapter, any apples in packages which are not 
accompanied by a certificate issued under authority of the Secretary of 
Agriculture showing that such apples are of a Federal or State grade 
which meets the minimum of quality established by the Secretary for 
shipment in export. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe, by 
regulations, the requirements, other than those of grade, which the 
fruit must meet before certificates are issued. The Secretary shall 
provide opportunity, by public hearing or otherwise, for interested 
persons to examine and make recommendation with respect to any standard 
of export proposed to be established or designated, or regulation 
prescribed, by the Secretary for the purposes of this chapter.

(June 10, 1933, ch. 59, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 123; Pub. L. 106-96, Sec. 1(c), 
Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1321.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-96 struck out ``and/or pears'' after ``any 
apples'' and ``or pears'' after ``such apples''.


                               Short Title

    Act June 10, 1933, ch. 59, Sec. 11, as added by Pub. L. 106-96, 
Sec. 1(a), Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1321, provided that: ``This Act 
[enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Export Apple Act'.''.
