[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR996]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 996_MINIMUM QUALITY AND HANDLING STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC AND 
 
Sec.  996.74  Compliance.

    (a) A handler or importer shall be subject to withdrawal of 
inspection services, for a period of time to be determined by USDA, if 
the handler or importer:
    (1) Acquires farmers stock peanuts without official incoming 
inspection, pursuant to Sec.  996.30;
    (2) Fails to obtain outgoing inspection on shelled or cleaned-
inshell peanuts, pursuant to Sec.  996.31, and ships such peanuts for 
human consumption use;
    (3) Ships failing quality peanuts, pursuant to Sec.  996.31, for 
human consumption use;

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    (4) Commingles failing quality peanuts with certified edible quality 
peanuts and ships the commingled lot for human consumption use;
    (5) Fails to maintain positive lot identification, pursuant to Sec.  
996.40(a), on peanut lots certified for human consumption use;
    (6) Fails to maintain and provide access to records, pursuant to 
Sec.  996.71, on the reconditioning or disposition of peanuts acquired 
by such handler or importer; or
    (7) Otherwise violates any provision of section 1308 of the Act or 
any provision of this part.
    (b) Any peanut lot which fails to meet the Outgoing quality 
standards specified in Sec.  996.31, and is not reconditioned to meet 
such standards, or is not disposed to non-human consumption outlets as 
specified in Sec.  996.50, shall be reported by USDA to the Food and 
Drug Administration and listed on an Agricultural Marketing Service Web 
site.