[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: 9CFR500.1]



[Page 667]

 

                  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.