# 7 U.S.C. § 1304: Consumer safeguards

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1304

## Section

- **Citation:** 7 U.S.C. § 1304
- **Heading:** Consumer safeguards
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 9, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 7—AGRICULTURE > CHAPTER 35—AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 > SUBCHAPTER II—LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES > Part A—Definitions, Loans, Parity Payments, and Consumer Safeguards

## Text

The powers conferred under this chapter shall not be used to discourage the production of supplies of foods and fibers sufficient to maintain normal domestic human consumption as determined by the Secretary from the records of domestic human consumption in the years 1920 to 1929, inclusive, taking into consideration increased population quantities of any commodity that were forced into domestic consumption by decline in exports during such period, current trends in domestic consumption and exports of particular commodities, and the quantities of substitutes available for domestic consumption within any general class of food commodities. In carrying out the purposes of this chapter it shall be the duty of the Secretary to give due regard to the maintenance of a continuous and stable supply of agricultural commodities from domestic production adequate to meet consumer demand at prices fair to both producers and consumers.

( Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30 , title III, § 304, 52 Stat. 45 .)

## Nearby sections

- [7 U.S.C. § 1301 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1301.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1301a References to parity prices, etc., in other laws after January 1, 1950](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1301a.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1301b Repealed. Pub. L. 85–835, title I, § 108 , Aug. 28, 1958 , 72 Stat. 993](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1301b.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1302 Repealed. Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792 , title IV, § 414, 63 Stat. 1057](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1302.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1303 Parity payments](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1303.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1304 Consumer safeguards](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1304.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1305 Transfer of acreage allotments or feed grain bases on public lands upon request of State agencies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1305.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1306 Projected yields; determination; base period](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1306.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1307 Limitation on payments under wheat, feed grains, and cotton programs for 1974 through 1977 crops](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1307.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308 Payment limitations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308–1 Notification of interests; payments limited to active farmers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308%E2%80%931.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308–2 Denial of program benefits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308%E2%80%932.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308–3 Foreign persons made ineligible for program benefits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308%E2%80%933.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308–3a Adjusted gross income limitation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308%E2%80%933a.md)

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