7 CFR § 46.18 - Record of produce received.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s46.18"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 46.18 - Record of produce received."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "46.18"
section_name: "Record of produce received."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES"
part_number: "46"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS (OTHER THAN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES) UNDER THE PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1930"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 499a-499t."
regulatory_source: "28 FR 7067, July 11, 1963; 28 FR 7287, July 17, 1963, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "46"
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# 46.18 Record of produce received.

Market receivers shall keep in the order of receipt a record of all produce received and this record shall be in the form of a book (preferably a bound book) with numbered pages or comparable business record. This record shall clearly show for each lot the date of arrival and unloading; whether received by freight, express, truck, or otherwise; the car initials and number; the truck license number and the driver's name or the name of the trucking firm; the number of packages or the quantity received; the kind of produce; the name and address of the consignor or seller; whether the produce was purchased; consigned or received on joint account; and the disposition of the produce, whether jobbed or sold in carlots or trucklots, and the lot number assigned to the shipment by the receiver (as required by § 46.20).