7 U.S.C. § 1572

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 1572 - Records

All persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, in interstate commerce, agricultural seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of origin, treatment, germination, and purity of each lot of such agricultural seeds, and all persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, in interstate commerce, vegetable seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of treatment, germination and variety of such vegetable seeds. The Secretary of Agriculture, or his duly authorized agents, shall have the right to inspect such records for the purpose of the effective administration of this chapter.

7 U.S.C. § 1572

Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title II, §202, 53 Stat. 1281; Pub. L. 85-581, §9, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 477; Pub. L. 89-686, §11, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 978.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS1966- Pub. L. 89-686 required record of treatment of agricultural and vegetable seeds.1958- Pub. L. 85-581 required keeping of records of vegetable seeds.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATESee section 1610 of this title.