Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division
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The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division is a unit within the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service that administers and enforces federal regulations governing fair trading practices in the fresh and frozen fruit and vegetable industry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act | 1 |
| Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9904474 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division Context triple: [Fair Trade Practices Program, hasComponent, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division]
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A.
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is a former USDA agency responsible for ensuring fair trading practices, accurate grain inspection and weighing, and competitive livestock and poultry markets in the United States.
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B.
Food and Agriculture Act of 1977
The Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 is a major U.S. farm bill that reformed federal agricultural policy, including commodity price supports, food assistance programs, and rural development initiatives.
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C.
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 is a U.S. federal law that modernized and expanded government authority to develop quality standards, grading, and inspection services for agricultural products to facilitate fair trade and consumer protection.
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D.
Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921
The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 is a U.S. federal law designed to prevent unfair, deceptive, and anti-competitive practices in the livestock, meatpacking, and poultry industries and to protect producers, consumers, and fair trade.
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E.
Food and Agriculture Act of 1962
The Food and Agriculture Act of 1962 was a U.S. federal law that revised and extended agricultural price support and farm subsidy programs as part of mid-20th-century farm policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division Target entity description: The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division is a unit within the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service that administers and enforces federal regulations governing fair trading practices in the fresh and frozen fruit and vegetable industry.
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A.
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is a former USDA agency responsible for ensuring fair trading practices, accurate grain inspection and weighing, and competitive livestock and poultry markets in the United States.
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B.
Food and Agriculture Act of 1977
The Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 is a major U.S. farm bill that reformed federal agricultural policy, including commodity price supports, food assistance programs, and rural development initiatives.
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C.
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 is a U.S. federal law that modernized and expanded government authority to develop quality standards, grading, and inspection services for agricultural products to facilitate fair trade and consumer protection.
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D.
Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921
The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 is a U.S. federal law designed to prevent unfair, deceptive, and anti-competitive practices in the livestock, meatpacking, and poultry industries and to protect producers, consumers, and fair trade.
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E.
Food and Agriculture Act of 1962
The Food and Agriculture Act of 1962 was a U.S. federal law that revised and extended agricultural price support and farm subsidy programs as part of mid-20th-century farm policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
USDA division
ⓘ
government agency division ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PACA Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administers | Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| enforcementTools |
civil penalties
ⓘ
licensing sanctions ⓘ reparation orders ⓘ |
| enforces | Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ensuresComplianceWith | Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
fair trading practices
ⓘ
marketing of perishable agricultural commodities ⓘ |
| handles | complaints of unfair trade practices in produce ⓘ |
| industrySector | produce industry ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalAuthority | Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | United States Department of Agriculture headquarters, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission | to promote fair and equitable trading in the marketing of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables ⓘ |
| oversees |
PACA licensing
ⓘ
PACA reparation process ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Agricultural Marketing Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentDepartment | United States Department of Agriculture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Agricultural Marketing Service
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protects |
produce brokers
ⓘ
produce buyers ⓘ produce commission merchants ⓘ produce receivers ⓘ produce sellers ⓘ produce shippers ⓘ |
| regulates |
fresh fruit industry
ⓘ
fresh vegetable industry ⓘ frozen fruit industry ⓘ frozen vegetable industry ⓘ |
| regulatesActivity |
interstate commerce in perishable agricultural commodities
ⓘ
licensing of produce dealers ⓘ payment practices in produce transactions ⓘ |
| regulatoryType |
agricultural marketing regulation
ⓘ
trade regulation ⓘ |
| sector | federal government ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/enforcement/paca ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division Description of subject: The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division is a unit within the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service that administers and enforces federal regulations governing fair trading practices in the fresh and frozen fruit and vegetable industry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act