[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: 9CFR354.45]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 354--VOLUNTARY INSPECTION OF RABBITS AND EDIBLE PRODUCTS THEREOF--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 354.45  Denial of service.

    (a) The acts or practices set forth in Secs. 354.46 through 354.51 
or the causing thereof may be deemed sufficient cause, for the 
debarment, by the Secretary, of any person, including any agents, 
officers, subsidiaries, or affiliates of such person, from any or all 
benefits of the Act for a specified period after notice and opportunity 
for hearing has been afforded.
    (b) Whenever the Administrator has reason to believe that any person 
or his employee, agent, or representative has flagrantly or repeatedly 
committed any of the acts or practices specified in Secs. 354.46 to 
354.51, he may, without hearing, direct that the benefits of the Act be 
denied such person, including any agents, officers, subsidiaries, or 
affiliates of such person, pending investigation and hearing, and shall 
give notice thereof to any such person in the manner prescribed in 
Sec. 1.147(b) of the rules of practice (7 CFR 1.147(b)). The 
Administrator's decision to deny the benefits of the Act to any such 
person, including any agents, officers, subsidiaries, or affiliates of 
such person, shall be effective upon service of such notice. A written 
petition for reconsideration of such interim denial may be filed with

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the Administrator by any person so denied the benefits of the Act within 
10 days after notice of the interim denial. Such petition shall state 
specifically the errors alleged to have been made by the Administrator 
in denying the benefits of the Act pending investigation and hearing. 
Within 20 days following the receipt of such petition for 
reconsideration, the Administrator shall reinstate the benefits of the 
Act or notify the petitioner of the reasons for continued interim 
denial.

[41 FR 23702, June 11, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 11148, Mar. 17, 1978]