---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 996.74"
title: "7"
number: "996.74"
heading: "Compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/996.74"
---

# §996.74. Compliance.

- (a) A handler or importer shall be subject to withdrawal of inspection services, for a period of time to be determined by USDA, if the handler or importer:
  - (1) Fails to obtain outgoing inspection on shelled or cleaned-inshell peanuts, pursuant to [§ 996.31](/cfr/7/996.31.md), and ships such peanuts for human consumption use;
  - (2) Ships failing quality peanuts, pursuant to [§ 996.31](/cfr/7/996.31.md), for human consumption use;
  - (3) Commingles failing quality peanuts with certified edible quality peanuts and ships the commingled lot for human consumption use without meeting outgoing quality regulations;
  - (4) Fails to maintain positive lot identification, pursuant to [§ 996.40(a)](/cfr/7/996.40.md?p=a), on peanut lots certified for human consumption use;
  - (5) Fails to maintain and provide access to records, pursuant to [§ 996.71](/cfr/7/996.71.md), and the standards for traceability and nonconforming product disposition pursuant to [§ 996.73](/cfr/7/996.73.md), on the reconditioning or disposition of peanuts acquired by such handler or importer; and on lots that meet outgoing quality standards; or
  - (6) **Otherwise violates any provision of section 1308 of the Act or any provision of this part.**
- (b) Any peanut lot shipped which fails to meet the outgoing quality standards specified in [§ 996.31](/cfr/7/996.31.md), and is not reconditioned to meet such standards, or is not disposed to non-human consumption outlets as specified in [§ 996.50](/cfr/7/996.50.md), shall be reported by USDA to the Food and Drug Administration and listed on an Agricultural Marketing Service Web site.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 57140, Sept. 9, 2002, as amended at 81 FR 50290, Aug. 1, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7958.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 57140, Sept. 9, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 57140, Sept. 9, 2002, as amended at 81 FR 50290, Aug. 1, 2016]