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[CITE: 7USC1635f]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER 38--DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING
 
                        Part B--Cattle Reporting
 
Sec. 1635f. Mandatory packer reporting of boxed beef sales


(a) Daily reporting

    The corporate officers or officially designated representatives of 
each packer processing plant shall report to the Secretary at least 
twice each reporting day (not less than once before, and once after, 
12:00 noon Central Time) information on total boxed beef sales, 
including--
        (1) the price for each lot of each negotiated boxed beef sale 
    (determined by seller-buyer interaction and agreement), quoted in 
    dollars per hundredweight (on a F.O.B. plant basis);
        (2) the quantity for each lot of each sale, quoted by number of 
    boxes sold; and
        (3) information regarding the characteristics of each lot of 
    each sale, including--
            (A) the grade of beef (USDA Choice or better, USDA Select, 
        or ungraded no-roll product);
            (B) the cut of beef; and
            (C) the trim specification.

(b) Publication

    The Secretary shall make available to the public the information 
required to be reported under subsection (a) of this section not less 
frequently than twice each reporting day.

(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, Sec. 223, as added Pub. L. 106-78, 
title IX, Sec. 911(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1193.)

                         Termination of Section

        For termination of section by section 942 of Pub. L. 106-78, see 
    Livestock Mandatory Reporting note set out under section 1635 of 
    this title.
