[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR740.29]

[Page 330]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 740--NUT WAREHOUSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 740.29  Receipts; basis for issuance.

    Before issuing any receipt under the Act each warehouseman shall, 
unless he personally weighed, inspected, and graded, if graded, a lot of 
nuts, first obtain either a copy of, or the original weight certificate, 
and inspection certificate, if any, covering said lot of nuts. The 
warehouse records shall clearly identify the certificate(s) used as a 
basis of issuance of each warehouse receipt, and said inspection and 
weight certificate shall be kept on file as a record in the 
warehouseman's office. Such certificates shall be retained for a period 
of three years after December 31 of the year in which issued.