---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 800.152"
title: "7"
number: "800.152"
heading: "Maintenance and retention of file samples."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/800.152"
---

# §800.152. Maintenance and retention of file samples.

- (a) **General.** The Service and agencies shall maintain complete file samples for their minimum retention period (calendar days) after the official function was completed or the results otherwise reported.
- (b) **Minimum retention period.** Upon request by an agency and with the approval of the Service, specified file samples or classes of file samples may be retained for shorter periods of time.
- (c) **Special retention periods.** In specific instances, the Administrator may require that file samples be retained for a period of not more than 90 calendar days. File samples may be kept for a longer time than the regular retention period at the option of the Service, the agency, or the individual maintaining the records.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 18986, May 6, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 43757, July 22, 2013]

### Source

Source: Sections 800.145 through 800.159 appear at 50 FR 18986, May 6, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15810, Mar. 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 18986, May 6, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 43757, July 22, 2013]