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PUBLIC LAW 85-172-AUG. 28, 1957

[71 S T A T.

(h) The using by any person to his own advantage, or revealing, other than to the authorized representatives of the Government in their official capacity, or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under this Act, any information acquired under the authority of this Act, concerning any matter which as a trade secret is entitled to protection. (i) Delivering, receiving, transporting, selling, or offering for sale or transport for human consumption any slaughtered poultry or any part thereof, separately or in combination with other ingredients (other than poultry products as defined in this Act), in commerce or from an official establishment or in a designated major consuming area, except as may be authorized by and pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary. COMPLETE COVERAGE OF OF F I C I A L ESTABLISHMENT S

SEC. 10. No establishment processing poultry or poultry products for commerce or in or for marketing in a designated major consuming area shall process any poultry or poultry product except in compliance with the requirements of this Act. KECOKDS OF I N T E R STATES H I P M E N T

SEC. 11. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act, persons engaged in the business of processing, transporting, shipping, or receiving poultry slaughtered for human consumption or poultry products in commerce or in a designated major consuming area, or holding such products so received shall maintain records showing, to the extent that they are concerned therewith, the receipt, delivery, sale, movement, or disposition of poultry and poultry products and shall, upon the request of a duly authorized representative of the Secretary, permit him at reasonable times to have access to and to copy all such records. Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for a period of two years after the transaction, which is the subject of such record, has taken place. PENALTIES

SEC. 12. (a) Any person who violates the provisions of section 9, 10, 11, or 17, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof be subject to imprisonment for not more than six months, or a fine of not more than $3,000, or both such imprisonment and fine; but if such violation is committed after one conviction of such person under this section has become final such person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $5,000, or both such imprisonment and fine; but if such violation is committed after two or more convictions of such person under this section have become final such person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than two years, or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both such imprisonment and fine. When construing or enforcing the provisions of said sections the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by any individual, partnership, corporation, or association within the scope of his employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such individual, partnership, corporation, or association, as well as of such person. (b) No carrier shall be subject to the penalties of this Act, other than the penalties for violation of section 11, by reason of his receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery, in the usual course of business, as a carrier, of slaughtered poultry or poultry products, owned by another person unless the carrier has knowledge, or is in possession of facts

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