---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 900.211"
title: "7"
number: "900.211"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/900.211"
---

# §900.211. Penalties.


Any official who shall have violated the provisions of [§ 900.210](/cfr/7/900.210.md) by willfully divulging, disclosing, or making public any information acquired by or furnished to or in the possession or custody of such official pursuant to the provisions of a marketing agreement or marketing order shall be subject to a penalty of the amount specified at [§ 3.91(b)(1)](/cfr/7/3.91.md?p=b-1) (viii) of this title for each offense. (The civil penalty provided in this section is prescribed under the authority contained in sec. 10(c) of the Act ([7 U.S.C. 610(c)](/usc/7/610.md?p=c)); this provision is not intended to supersede the provision in section 8d(2) of the Act ([7 U.S.C. 608d(2)](/usc/7/608d.md?p=2)) for criminal liability and removal from office.)


## Notes

### Amendments

[25 FR 5907, June 28, 1960, as amended at 75 FR 17560, Apr. 7, 2010; 88 FR 82231, Nov. 24, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 10, 48 Stat. 37, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 610.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674; 7 U.S.C. 7401; 5 U.S.C. 301, 552; and 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35.

### Source

Source: 25 FR 5907, June 28, 1960, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[25 FR 5907, June 28, 1960, as amended at 75 FR 17560, Apr. 7, 2010; 88 FR 82231, Nov. 24, 2023]