[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR351.2]

[Page 360]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 351--CERTIFICATION OF TECHNICAL ANIMAL FATS FOR EXPORT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 351.2  Terms defined.

    When used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
    (a) Department means the United States Department of Agriculture.
    (b) Program means the Meat and Poultry Inspection Program of the 
Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department.
    (c) Administrator means the Administrator of the Food Safety and 
Inspection Service of the Department, or any officer or employee of the 
Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated or may 
hereafter be delegated to act in his stead.
    (d) Circuit supervisor means an employee of the Program assigned to 
supervise and perform official work in a circuit. Such employee is 
assigned by and reports directly to the Administrator or person 
designated by him.
    (e) Inspector means an employee of the Program or a cooperating 
State.
    (f) Circuit means one or more inspected plants assigned to a circuit 
supervisor.
    (g) Recognized State means any State not designated in Sec. 331.2 of 
this chapter.
    (h) Cooperating State means any State cooperating under Sec. 351.7 
in administration of the regulations in this part.
    (i) Inspection means ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection by 
Program inspectors or inspectors of a Meat Inspection Service of a 
recognized State.
    (j) Animals means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and 
other equines.
    (k) Technical animal fat means animal fat eligible for exportation, 
or storage for exportation, in accordance with Sec. 325.11 of this 
chapter.
    (l) Certified technical animal fat means technical animal fat 
certified for export or storage for export under the regulations in this 
part.
    (m) Tallow means technical animal fat with a minimum titre of 40 
deg.C.
    (n) Certified plant means any plant or storage facility preparing or 
storing certified technical animal fat for export, or for transfer to 
another certified plant or storage facility for ultimate export, and at 
which certification service is provided under the regulations in this 
part.
    (o) Inspected and Passed means inspected and passed under the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the meat 
inspection laws of a recognized State.

                     Scope of Certification Service