N.J. Admin. Code § 2:2-8.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

Section 2:2-8.4 - Manner of keeping records

(a) The records required by this subchapter shall be recorded and kept in a livestock record book except that upon request of a license holder the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the license holder to use another type of record book, ledger or alternative recordkeeping system provided that the other type of record book, ledger or alternative recordkeeping system will permit the recording of information relating to livestock transactions required by 2:2-8.1(a), in a manner that will, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, accomplish the purposes and objectives of 2:2-8.1(a).

(b) He must be willing to make such record available upon request for inspection by any authorized representatives of the Department or of the Animal Health Division of the United States Government.

(c) Information relative to a livestock transaction, which is entered in a livestock record book or alternative recordkeeping system shall be accurate and legible in each detail and it shall not be altered, obliterated, defaced or erased.

(d) If, after information relative to a livestock transaction has been entered in a record book or alternative livestock recordkeeping system, it is found that the information so recorded is in some part in error, the correct information relative to that particular transaction shall be reentered in the next available space without altering or changing the original entry, except to note that the record is corrected by a later entry or as noted in (d)1 below.

1. Errors can be corrected with a strike-out and initials.

N.J. Admin. Code § 2:2-8.4

Amended by R.2010 d.073, effective 5/17/2010.
See: 41 N.J.R. 4349(a), 42 N.J.R. 925(a).
In (a) and (c), inserted "or alternative recordkeeping system" throughout; in (a), deleted "New Jersey Department of Agriculture" preceding the first occurrence of "livestock", substituted a comma for "or" following the second and third occurrences of "book", inserted "required by N.J.A.C. 2:2-8.1(a),", and the second occurrence of "of Agriculture" and substituted the second occurrence of "N.J.A.C. 2:2-8.1(a)" for "these regulations"; in (c), inserted a comma following "transaction"; in the introductory paragraph of (d), deleted "cattle" preceding the first occurrence of "record", inserted "or alternative livestock recordkeeping system", inserted a comma following "original entry", inserted "or as noted in (d)1 below", and deleted "in the record book" following "space"; and added (d)1.