{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-996.74","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 996.74","heading":"Compliance.","body":"(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:\n(1) Fails to obtain outgoing inspection on shelled or cleaned-inshell peanuts, pursuant to § 996.31, and ships such peanuts for human consumption use;\n(2) Ships failing quality peanuts, pursuant to § 996.31, for human consumption use;\n(3) Commingles failing quality peanuts with certified edible quality peanuts and ships the commingled lot for human consumption use without meeting outgoing quality regulations;\n(4) Fails to maintain positive lot identification, pursuant to § 996.40(a), on peanut lots certified for human consumption use;\n(5) Fails to maintain and provide access to records, pursuant to § 996.71, and the standards for traceability and nonconforming product disposition pursuant to § 996.73, on the reconditioning or disposition of peanuts acquired by such handler or importer; and on lots that meet outgoing quality standards; or\n(6) Otherwise violates any provision of section 1308 of the Act or any provision of this part.\n(b) Any peanut lot shipped which fails to meet the outgoing quality standards specified in § 996.31, and is not reconditioned to meet such standards, or is not disposed to non-human consumption outlets as specified in § 996.50, shall be reported by USDA to the Food and Drug Administration and listed on an Agricultural Marketing Service Web site.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER IX—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 996—MINIMUM QUALITY AND HANDLING STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED PEANUTS MARKETED IN THE UNITED STATES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"4b637265a43c3976bad73e407cdcaae33b839331e5cbf141546b134cfff15949","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-996.73","next":"us/7-cfr-996.75"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}