7 CFR § 869.108 - Inspections and examinations of warehouses.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s869.108"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 869.108 - Inspections and examinations of warehouses."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "869.108"
section_name: "Inspections and examinations of warehouses."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE, FAIR TRADE PRACTICES PROGRAM), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FAIR TRADE PRACTICES"
part_number: "869"
part_name: "REGULATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 241"
regulatory_source: "67 FR 50783, Aug. 5, 2002, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 84 FR 45645, Aug. 30, 2019."
cfr_part: "869"
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# 869.108 Inspections and examinations of warehouses.
(a) Warehouse operators must permit any agent of the Department to enter and inspect or examine, on any business day during the usual hours of business, any licensed warehouse, the offices of the warehouse operator, the books, records, papers, and accounts.
(b) Routine and special inspections and examinations will be unannounced.
(c) Warehouse operators must provide safe access to all storage facilities.
(d) Warehouse operators must inform any agent of the Department, upon arrival, of any hazard.
(e) Agents of the Department must accomplish inspections and examinations of warehouses in a manner that is efficient and cost-effective without jeopardizing any inspection and examination integrity.