[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: 9CFR500.4]

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                  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. 500.4  Withholding action or suspension with prior notification.

    FSIS may take a withholding action or impose a suspension after an 
establishment is provided prior notification and the opportunity to 
demonstrate or achieve compliance because:
    (a) The HACCP system is inadequate, as specified in Sec. 417.6 of 
this chapter,

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due to multiple or recurring noncompliances;
    (b) The Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures have not been 
properly implemented or maintained as specified in Sec. Sec. 416.13 
through 416.16 of this chapter;
    (c) The establishment has not maintained sanitary conditions as 
prescribed in Sec. Sec. 416.2-416.8 of this chapter due to multiple or 
recurring noncompliances;
    (d) The establishment did not collect and analyze samples for 
Escherichia coli Biotype I and record results in accordance with Sec. 
310.25(a) or Sec. 381.94(a) of this chapter;
    (e) The establishment did not meet the Salmonella performance 
standard requirements prescribed in Sec. 310.25(b) or Sec. 381.94(b) 
of this chapter.