scope:

General administrative provisions.

(a) Reporting by packers and importers. A packer or importer shall report all information required under this part on an individual lot basis.

(b) Reporting schedule. Whenever a packer or importer is required to report information on transactions of livestock and livestock products under this part by a set time, all covered transactions up to within one half hour of the reporting deadline shall be reported. Transactions completed during the one half hour prior to the previous reporting time, but not reported in the previous report, shall be reported at the next scheduled reporting time.

(c) Regional reporting and aggregation. The Secretary shall make information obtained under this part available to the public only in a manner that: