Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 79 — Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information
§ 4810. Permissive provisions
Statutory text
Recordkeeping and reporting requirements; incidental and necessary terms and conditions
On the recommendation of the Board, and with the approval of the Secretary, an order may contain one or more of the following provisions:
Each person purchasing a porcine animal from a producer for commercial use, and each importer, shall—
maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by the order; and
file reports at the time, in the manner, and having the content prescribed by the order,
including documentation of the State of origin of a purchased porcine animal or the place of origin of an imported porcine animal, pork, or pork product.
A term or condition—
incidental to, and not inconsistent with, the terms and conditions specified in this chapter; and
necessary to effectuate the other provisions of such order.
Availability of information to Secretary and Board; confidentiality; disclosure; issuance of general statement, statistical data, or name of violator of order
Information referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall be made available to the Secretary and the Board as is appropriate or necessary for the effectuation, administration, or enforcement of this chapter or an order.
Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), information obtained under subsection (a)(1) shall be kept confidential by officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture or the Board.
Such information may be disclosed only—
in a suit or administrative hearing involving the order with respect to which the information was furnished or acquired—
brought at the direction or on the request of the Secretary; or
to which the Secretary or an officer of the United States is a party; and
if the Secretary considers such information to be relevant to such suit or hearing.
Nothing in this section prohibits—
the issuance of a general statement based on the reports of a number of persons subject to an order, or statistical data collected therefrom, if such statement or data does not identify the information furnished by any person; or
the publication, by direction of the Secretary, of the name of a person violating an order, together with a statement of the particular provisions of the order violated by such person.
Penalty for willful violations
A person who willfully violates subsection (a)(1) or (b) shall, on conviction, be—
subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both; and
if such person is an employee of the Department of Agriculture or the Board, removed from office.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985
Pub. L. 99–198 title XVI § 1621 · 99 Stat. 1354
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 4810
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1621, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1617.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1621, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1617.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1621. permissive provisions (a) On the recommendation of the Board, and with the 7 USC 4810. approval of the Secretary, an order may contain one or more of the following provisions: (1) Each person purchasing a porcine animal from a producer Animals. for commercial use, and each importer, shall— (A) maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by the order; and Records. Reports. Animals. (B) file reports at the time, in the manner, and having the content prescribed by the order, including documentation of the State of origin of a purchased porcine animal or the place of origin of an imported porcine animal, pork, or pork product. (2) A term or condition— (A) incidental to, and not inconsistent with, the terms and conditions specified in this subtitle; and (B) necessary to effectuate the other provisions of such order. (b) (1) Information referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall be made available to the Secretary and the Board as is appropriate or necessary for the effectuation, administration, or enforcement of this subtitle or an order. (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), information obtained under subsection (a)(1) shall be kept confidential by officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture or the Board. (B) Such information may be disclosed only— (i) in a suit or administrative hearing involving the order with respect to which the information was furnished or acquired— (I) brought at the direction or on the request of the Secretary; or (II) to which the Secretary or an officer of the United States is a party; and (ii) if the Secretary considers such information to be relevant to such suit or hearing. (C) Nothing in this section prohibits— (i) the issuance of a general statement based on the reports of a number of persons subject to an order, or statistical data collected therefrom, if such statement or data does not identify the information furnished by any person; or (ii) the publication, by direction of the Secretary, of the name of a person violating an order, together with a statement of the particular provisions of the order violated by such person. (c) A person who willfully violates subsection (a)(1) or (b) shall, on conviction, be— (1) subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both; and (2) if such person is an employee of the Department of Agriculture or the Board, removed from office.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 1631 of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 4801 of this title.