[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR300.3]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 300--AGENCY MISSION AND ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 300.3  FSIS organization.

    (a) General. The organization of FSIS reflects the agency's primary 
regulatory responsibilities: implementation of the FMIA, the PPIA, and 
the EPIA.
    (b) Headquarters. FSIS has four principal components or offices, 
each of which is under the direction of a Deputy Administrator. The 
Deputy Administrators, along with their staffs, and the Administrator, 
along with the Office of the Administrator and three staff offices that 
report to the Administrator, are located at U.S. Department of 
Agriculture headquarters in Washington, DC.
    (1) Program offices. FSIS's headquarters offices are the Office of 
Public Health and Science, which provides scientific analysis, advice, 
data, and recommendations on matters involving public health and 
science; the Office of Management, which provides centralized 
administrative and support services; the Office of Policy, Program 
Development and Evaluation, which develops and recommends domestic and 
international policy activities; and the Office of Field Operations, 
which manages regulatory oversight and inspection (see paragraph (c) of 
this section).

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    (2) Staff offices. The Administrator's staff offices are the Food 
Safety Executive Management and Coordination Staff, the Legislative 
Liaison Staff, and the Food Safety Education and Communications Staff.
    (c) Field. FSIS's field structure consists of eighteen district 
offices and a technical center.
    (1) District offices. Each district office, under the direction of a 
District Manager, manages a farm-to-table food safety program of 
regulatory oversight and inspection in a district consisting of a State 
or several States and territories.
    The locations of the district offices and the districts' geographic 
boundaries are as follows:

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Alameda, CA.......................  California.
Salem, OR.........................  Alaska, American Samoa, Guam,
                                     Hawaii, Idaho, Northern Mariana
                                     Islands, Oregon, and Washington.
Boulder, CO.......................  Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New
                                     Mexico, Utah.
Minneapolis, MN...................  Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota,
                                     South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Des Moines, IA....................  Iowa and Nebraska.
Lawrence, KS......................  Kansas and Missouri.
Springdale, AR....................  Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
Dallas, TX........................  Texas.
Madison, WI.......................  Michigan and Wisconsin.
Chicago, IL.......................  Illinois and Indiana.
Pickerington, OH..................  Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.
Philadelphia, PA..................  Pennsylvania.
Albany, NY........................  New Jersey and New York.
Boston, MA........................  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
                                     New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode
                                     Island, Vermont, and Virgin
                                     Islands.
Greenbelt, MD.....................  Delaware, District of Columbia,
                                     Maryland, and Virginia.
Raleigh, NC.......................  North Carolina and South Carolina.
Atlanta, GA.......................  Florida and Georgia.
Jackson, MS.......................  Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
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    (2) Technical Service Center. The Technical Service Center, which is 
located in Omaha, Nebraska, provides technical guidance, review, and 
training on the interpretation and application of regulatory 
requirements.