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7 U.S.C. § 87g

Relation to State and local laws; separability

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(a) No State or subdivision thereof may require the inspection or description in accordance with any standards of kind, class, quality, condition, or other characteristics of grain as a condition of shipment, or sale, of such grain in interstate or foreign commerce, or require any license for, or impose any other restrictions upon the performance of any official inspection or weighing function under this chapter by official inspection personnel. Otherwise nothing in this chapter shall invalidate any law or other provision of any State or subdivision thereof in the absence of a conflict with this chapter.(b) If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 18, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769; amended Pub. L. 94–582, § 20, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2886.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted in first sentence “official inspection or weighing function” for “official inspection function”.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date of 1976 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 94–582 effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1976, see section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582, as amended, set out as a note under section 74 of this title.

Effective Date

For effective date of section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 90–487, set out as an Effective Date of 1968 Amendment note under section 78 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: In re Syngenta Litig., 2023 IL App (5th) 200353-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
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In re Syngenta Litig., 2023 IL App (5th) 200353-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “’ See 7 U.S.C. § 87g(a). Under the ordinary meaning of the statute text, the presence of a genetic trait, like MIR 162, qualifies as a characteristic 19 of corn.”
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In re Syngenta Litig., 2023 IL App (5th) 200353-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “’ See 7 U.S.C. § 87g(a). Under the ordinary meaning of the statute text, the presence of a genetic trait, like MIR 162, qualifies as a characteristic 19 of corn.”
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