7 U.S.C. § 1471j

Penalties

A person that disposes of any feed made available to a livestock producer under this subchapter other than as authorized by the Secretary shall be (1) subject to a civil penalty equal to the market value of the feed involved, to be recovered by the Secretary in a civil suit brought for that purpose, and (2) guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

( Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792 , title VI, § 612, as added Pub. L. 100–387, title I, § 101(a) , Aug. 11, 1988 , 102 Stat. 931 .)