[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: 9CFR500.4]



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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.