[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR46.17]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 46_REGULATIONS (OTHER THAN RULES OF PRACTICE) UNDER THE 
PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1930--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 46.17  Inspection of records.

    (a) Each licensee shall, during ordinary business hours, promptly 
upon request, permit any duly authorized representative of USDA to enter 
its place of business and inspect such accounts, records, and memoranda 
as may be material:
    (1) In the investigation of complaints under the Act, including any 
petition, written notification, or complaint under section 6 of the Act,
    (2) To the determination of ownership, control, packer, or State, 
country, or region of origin in connection with commodity inspections,
    (3) To ascertain whether there is compliance with section 9 of the 
Act,
    (4) In administering the licensing and bonding provisions of the 
Act,
    (5) If the licensee has been determined in a formal disciplinary 
proceeding to have violated the prompt payment provision of section 2(4) 
of the Act, to determine whether, at the time of the inspection, there 
is compliance with that section.
    (b) Any necessary facilities for such inspection shall be extended 
to such representative by the licensee, its agents, and employees.

[62 FR 15087, Mar. 31, 1997]

                       Records of Market Receivers