---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1170.16"
title: "7"
number: "1170.16"
heading: "Enforcement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1170.16"
---

# §1170.16. Enforcement.

- (a) If a person subject to the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting program fails to obey a cease and desist order after the order has become final and unappealable, or after the appropriate United States district court has entered a final judgment in favor of the Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, the United States may apply to the appropriate United States district court for enforcement of the order.
- (b) If the court determines that the cease and desist order was lawfully made and duly served and that the manufacturer or person violated the order, the court shall enforce the order.
- (c) If the court finds that the manufacturer or person violated the cease and desist order, the manufacturer or person shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than the amount specified at [§ 3.91(b)(1)(liv)](/cfr/7/3.91.md?p=b-1-liv) of this title for each offense.

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 34181, June 17, 2008, as amended at 75 FR 17561, Apr. 7, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1637-1637b, as amended by Pub. L. 106-532, 114 Stat. 2541; Pub. L. 107-171, 116 Stat. 207; and Pub. L. 111-239, 124 Stat. 2501.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 34181, June 17, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 34181, June 17, 2008, as amended at 75 FR 17561, Apr. 7, 2010]