7 USC § 1636d - Recordkeeping

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1636d"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 1636d - Recordkeeping"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1636d"
section_name: "Recordkeeping"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Administration"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 255, as added Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, § 911(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1203.)"
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# § 1636d. Recordkeeping

**(a)** **In general** Subject to subsection (b), each packer required to report information to the Secretary under this subchapter shall maintain, and make available to the Secretary on request, for 2 years—

**(1)** the original contracts, agreements, receipts and other records associated with any transaction relating to the purchase, sale, pricing, transportation, delivery, weighing, slaughter, or carcass characteristics of all livestock; and

**(2)** such records or other information as is necessary or appropriate to verify the accuracy of the information required to be reported under this subchapter.

**(b)** **Limitations** Under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary may not require a packer to provide new or additional information if—

**(1)** the information is not generally available or maintained by packers; or

**(2)** the provision of the information would be unduly burdensome.

**(c)** **Purchases of cattle or swine** A record of a purchase of a lot of cattle or a lot of swine by a packer shall evidence whether the purchase occurred—

**(1)** before 10:00 a.m. Central Time;

**(2)** between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Central Time; or

**(3)** after 2:00 p.m. Central Time.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 255, as added Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, § 911(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1203.)