[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: 7CFR46.20]

[Page 267]
 
                          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. 46.20  Lot numbers.

    An identifying lot number shall be assigned to each shipment of 
produce to be sold on consignment or joint account or for the account of 
another person or firm. A lot number should be assigned to any purchased 
shipment in dispute between the parties to assist in proving damages. A 
lot number shall be assigned to each purchased shipment of similar 
produce on hand at that time or received later while the consigned or 
joint account or disputed lot is being sold. A lot number shall be 
assigned to each purchased shipment which is reconditioned if the seller 
is to be charged with the shrinkage or loss. The lot number shall be 
entered on the receiving record in connection with each shipment and 
entered on all sales tickets identifying and segregating the sales from 
the various shipments on hand. The lot number shall be entered on the 
sales tickets by the salesmen at the time of sale or by the produce 
dispatcher, and not by bookkeepers or others after the sales have been 
made. No lot number shall be repeated within a period of 30 days after 
the last sale from the preceding lot to which such number was assigned.