2020 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 37 - Seeds
Subchapter II - Interstate Commerce
Sec. 1572 - Records

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 1572 (2020)
Section Name §1572. Records
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(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 AMENDMENTS

1966—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.

EFFECTIVE DATE

See section 1610 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 37 - SEEDS
SUBCHAPTER II - INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Sec. 1572 - Records
Contains section 1572
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 53 Stat. 1281
72 Stat. 477
80 Stat. 978
Public Law References Public Law 85-581, Public Law 89-686
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