Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 14, § 213. False packing of cotton bales and other agricultural products; penalty

A. The false packing of cotton bales or other agricultural products is the packing of a bale or bales of cotton or other agricultural products in such manner as is calculated to deceive persons with regard to quantity, weight, or quality of the product therein contained, whether the false packing of cotton bales or other agricultural products be accomplished by the wetting of the product packed, or by concealing in the interior of the packed product another substance, or by plating the product by concealing in the interior thereof material inferior in grade or quality to that on the exterior thereof, or by any other means.

B. Whoever commits the crime of false packing of cotton bales or other agricultural products shall be punished, for the first offense, by a fine of five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than six months, or both. For any offense beyond the first, the offender shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than six months, or both.