7 U.S.C. § 87G
Section 87g · Relation to State and local laws; separability
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case 2023 IL App (5th) 200353 - In re Syngenta Litigation (2023)
Most recently applied in 2023 IL App (5th) 200353 - In re Syngenta Litigation (June 2023)
(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.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted in first sentence “official inspection or weighing function” for “official inspection function”.
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 94–582, see section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582, 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.