How do I get started collecting origin affidavits/declarations from my consignors and passing the information forward to my buyers?
To get started collecting origin affidavits from your sellers, consider distributing a “Continuous Country of Origin Affidavit” (Item A) to all consignors on your mailing list. The more of these affidavits that you have on file in advance of sale time the less you will have to worry about when a consignor shows up to unload. (It is important for your sellers to know that under the COOL, law; there is no label for livestock of unknown origin so they must begin declaring their livestock’s origin, today.) For those consignors that have not filed a continuous affidavit with you, you may want to consider preprinting or stamping the “Origin Declaration” (Item B) on your check-in slips. Remember though, if you collect the affidavit at check-in, only individuals with firsthand knowledge of the origin can sign; truckers and transporters do not qualify, Likewise, consider preprinting, stamping, or programming into your market accounting system software the “Origin Declaration” (Item B) on your s
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