Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§1636d Recordkeeping

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING › Part Part E— - Administration › § 1636d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Packer who must report to the Secretary must keep original contracts, receipts, and other records about buying, selling, pricing, moving, delivering, weighing, slaughtering, or carcass details for all livestock. They must keep those records and any paperwork needed to check the reports. The records must be kept for 2 years and given to the Secretary if asked. The Secretary cannot force a packer to give new kinds of information that packers don’t normally keep or that would be too hard to produce. A purchase record for a lot of cattle or swine must show whether it happened before 10:00 a.m. Central Time, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Central Time, or after 2:00 p.m. Central Time.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1636d

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(a)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)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)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.

Reference

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1636d

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73