21 U.S.C. § 642

Recordkeeping requirements

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(a) Classes of persons bound; scope of disclosure; access to places of business; examination of records, facilities, and inventories; copies; samplesThe following classes of persons, firms, and corporations shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses; and all persons, firms, and corporations subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Secretary, afford such representative access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value therefor—(1) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage, for commerce, in the business of slaughtering any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals, for use as human food or animal food;(2) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage in the business of buying or selling (as meat brokers, wholesalers or otherwise), or transporting in commerce, or storing in or for commerce, or importing, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals;(3) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage in business, in or for commerce, as renderers, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, in commerce, or importing, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter.(b) Period of maintenance

Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 90–201, § 14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 593.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1970–1973 · leading case: Chip Steak, Inc. v. Hardin, 353 F. Supp. 438 (N.D. Cal. 1973).

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Chip Steak, Inc. v. Hardin, 353 F. Supp. 438 (N.D. Cal. 1973). · cites it 7× “” In 1967, Congress amended the Federal Meat Inspection Act in several respects, including the addition of a new provision in Subchapter II of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 642 (a), which provides, in effect, that the specified categories of meat businesses set forth therein must…”

United States v. 500 Pounds, More or Less, of Veal & Beef, 319 F. Supp. 966 (N.D. Cal. 1970). “Furthermore, it is said that the government failed to pay for the samples taken, and that such is required, as a condition precedent to seizure, under 21 U.S.C. § 642 (a). Numerous factual contentions are made, including allegations that the “Veal Steaks” do not contain over 30%…”

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