15 U.S.C. § 2065 — Inspection and recordkeeping

(a) Inspection. To carry out this chapter or its rules and orders, Commission^*-designated officers or employees may, after showing proper credentials and written notice to the owner, operator, or responsible agent—(1) enter at reasonable times any (A) factory, warehouse, or establishment where consumer products are made or held for distribution in commerce^*, (B) firewalled conformity-assessment body accredited under section 2063(f)(2)(D) of this title, or (C) vehicle or other conveyance being used to transport consumer products for distribution in commerce^*; and (2) inspect, at reasonable times and in a reasonable way, that conveyance or the areas of the factory, firewalled conformity-assessment body, warehouse, or establishment where the products are made, held, or transported and that may relate to product safety. Each inspection must start and finish with reasonable promptness. (b) Recordkeeping. Every consumer-product manufacturer^*, private labeler^*, or distributor^* must create and keep the records, make the reports, and provide the information that the Commission reasonably requires by rule to carry out this chapter or determine compliance with its rules and orders. When a Commission-designated officer or employee asks, each such business must allow inspection of appropriate books, records, and papers relevant to whether it has complied or is complying with this chapter and its rules. (c) Identification of manufacturers, importers, retailers, and distributors. When a Commission-designated officer or employee asks: (1) every importer, retailer^*, or distributor of a consumer product^*, or another product or substance within the Commission’s authority under this chapter or another Act, must identify the product’s manufacturer by name, address, or other requested identifying information, to the extent the information is known or can readily be determined; and (2) every manufacturer must identify by name, address, or other requested identifying information—(A) each retailer or distributor to which it directly supplied the product or other product or substance; (B) each subcontractor involved in producing or making that product or substance; and (C) each subcontractor from which it obtained a component of it. (d) Manufacturer’s compliance. By rule, the Commission must make a manufacturer’s compliance with this chapter’s and the Commission’s inspection and recordkeeping requirements a condition of manufacturing for sale, offering for sale, distributing in commerce, or importing into the United States a consumer product or other product.