---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 869.111"
title: "7"
number: "869.111"
heading: "Fair treatment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/869.111"
---

# §869.111. Fair treatment.

- (a) Contingent upon the capacity of a warehouse, a warehouse operator will deal in a fair and reasonable manner with persons storing, or seeking to store, an agricultural product in the warehouse if the agricultural product is:
  - (1) Of the kind, type, and quality customarily stored or handled in the area in which the warehouse is located;
  - (2) Tendered to the warehouse operator in a suitable condition for warehousing; and
  - (3) **Tendered in a manner that is consistent with the ordinary and usual course of business.**
- (b) Nothing in this section will prohibit a warehouse operator from entering into an agreement with a depositor of an agricultural product to allocate available storage space.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 50783, Aug. 5, 2002, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 84 FR 45645, Aug. 30, 2019.