[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR351.2]



[Page 369-370]

 

                  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.



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    (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