[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR51.46]

[Page 339]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 51--FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER PRODUCTS \1, 2\ (INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS)--Table of Contents

                        Subpart--Regulations \1\
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Sec. 51.46  Denial of inspection service.

    Any or all benefits of the act may be denied any person for any of 
the following reasons: (a) Any willful misrepresentation or deceptive or 
fraudulent practice made or committed by any person in connection with 
the making or filing of an application for inspection service; (b) any 
fradulent or unauthorized use, alteration, or imitation of any 
certificate issued pursuant to the regulations in this subpart; (c) any 
interference with or obstruction of any inspector or official sampler in 
the performance of his duties, by intimidation, threat, assault or any 
other improper means; or (d) any willful violation of the regulations in 
this subpart may be deemed sufficient cause for debarring the person 
found guilty thereof from any or all benefits of the acts, after notice 
and opportunity for hearing has been accorded him. The Rules of Practice 
Governing Formal Adjudicatory Proceedings Instituted by the Secretary 
Under Various Statutes set forth in Secs. 1.130 through 1.151 of this 
title and the Supplemental Rules of Practice in part 50 of this chapter 
shall govern proceedings conducted pursuant to this section.

[32 FR 15066, Nov. 1, 1967. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, 
and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, and amended at 
60 FR 8464, Feb. 14, 1995]