[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR500.1]

[Page 664]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 500_RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 500.1  Definitions.




Sec.
500.1 Definitions.
500.2 Regulatory control action.
500.3 Withholding or suspension of inspection without prior 
          notification.
500.4 Withholding action or suspension of inspection with prior 
          notification.
500.5 Notification, appeals, and actions held in abeyance.
500.6 Withdrawal of inspection.
500.7 Refusal to grant inspection.
500.8 Procedures for rescinding or refusing approval of marks, labels, 
          sizes, and containers.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 451-470, 601-695; 7 U.S.C. 450, 1901-1906; 7 
CFR 2.18, 2.53.

    Source: 64 FR 66546, Nov. 29, 1999, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) A ``regulatory control action'' is the retention of product, 
rejection of equipment or facilities, slowing or stopping of lines, or 
refusal to allow the processing of specifically identified product.
    (b) A ``withholding action'' is the refusal to allow the marks of 
inspection to be applied to products. A withholding action may affect 
all product in the establishment or product produced by a particular 
process.
    (c) A ``suspension'' is an interruption in the assignment of program 
employees to all or part of an establishment.