CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER VII—FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 700 to 799) > SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS FOR WAREHOUSES (parts 735 to 743) > PART 735—REGULATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT > SUBPART B—Warehouse Licensing (§735.100 to §735.112) > 735.108—Inspections and examinations of warehouses.

735.108—Inspections and examinations of warehouses.

(a) Warehouse operators must permit any agent of the Department to enter and inspect or examine, on any business day during the usual hours of business, any licensed warehouse, the offices of the warehouse operator, the books, records, papers, and accounts.
(b) Routine and special inspections and examinations will be unannounced.
(c) Warehouse operators must provide safe access to all storage facilities.
(d) Warehouse operators must inform any agent of the Department, upon arrival, of any hazard.
(e) Agents of the Department must accomplish inspections and examinations of warehouses in a manner that is efficient and cost-effective without jeopardizing any inspection and examination integrity.