Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§1636d Recordkeeping

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Packer must keep and give the Secretary original contracts, agreements, receipts, and other records for 2 years that relate to buying, selling, pricing, transporting, delivering, weighing, slaughtering, or carcass traits of all livestock. They must also keep any records needed to check that the reports they file are correct. The Secretary cannot force a packer to provide new or extra information if packers do not normally have it or if providing it would be too burdensome. When a packer records the purchase of a lot of cattle or swine, the record must show whether the purchase 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.

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Title 7, §1636d

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(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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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1636d

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110