21 U.S.C. § 642
Recordkeeping requirements
United States · Title 21 — FOOD AND DRUGS · Status: effective
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The following classes of persons, firms, and corporations shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses; and all persons, firms, and corporations subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Secretary, afford such representative access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value therefor—
Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.
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