7 CFR § 996.15 - Positive lot identification.

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title: "7 CFR § 996.15 - Positive lot identification."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "996.15"
section_name: "Positive lot identification."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "996"
part_name: "MINIMUM QUALITY AND HANDLING STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED PEANUTS MARKETED IN THE UNITED STATES"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 7958."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 57140, Sept. 9, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
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# 996.15 Positive lot identification.

*Positive lot identification* is a means of identifying those peanuts meeting outgoing quality regulations as defined in § 996.31 and relating the inspection certificate issued by the Inspection Service, as defined in § 996.10, to the lot covered so that there is no doubt that the peanuts in the lot are the same peanuts described on the inspection certificate.

[81 FR 50288, Aug. 1, 2016]