[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR283.8]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 283_APPEALS OF QUALITY CONTROL (``QC'') CLAIMS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Appeals of QC Claims of $50,000 or More
 
Sec.  283.8  Rebuttal or amendment of appeal or answer.

    (a) Not later than 30 days after FNS submits an answer in accordance 
with Sec.  283.6, the State agency may submit rebuttal evidence.
    (b) At any time prior to the filing of a motion for a hearing 
pursuant to Sec.  283.15(b), the appeal petition or the answer may be 
amended without prior authorization by the ALJ. Thereafter, such an 
amendment may only be made as authorized by the ALJ upon a showing of 
cause.