[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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

[CITE: 9CFR300.2]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 300_AGENCY MISSION AND ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 300.2  FSIS responsibilities.



    (a) Delegations of authority. The Secretary of Agriculture and Under 

Secretary for Food Safety have delegated to the Administrator of the 

Food Safety and Inspection Service the responsibility for exercising the 

functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under various statutes (see 7 

CFR 2.7, 2.18, and 2.53).

    (b) Implementing regulations. This chapter of title 9 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (9 CFR chapter III) includes, in addition to 

administrative rules, rules and regulations that implement provisions of 

the following statutes:

    (1) The Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 

601 et seq.), except provisions pertaining to the inspection and 

certification of the condition of animals for export, and related 

legislation;

    (2) The Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended (PPIA) (21 

U.S.C. 451 et seq.);

    (3) The Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended (EPIA) (21 U.S.C. 

1031 et seq.), except for the shell egg surveillance program, voluntary 

laboratory analyses of egg products, and the voluntary grading program;

    (4) The Humane Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901-1906);

    (5) The Talmadge-Aiken Act (7 U.S.C. 450), with respect to 

cooperation with States in the administration of the Federal Meat 

Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act;

    (6) The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 

1621-1627), relating to voluntary inspection of poultry and edible 

products thereof; voluntary inspection and certification of technical 

animal fat; certified products for dogs, cats, and other carnivora; 

voluntary inspection of rabbits and edible products thereof; and 

voluntary inspection and certification of edible meat and other 

products; and

    (7) The National Laboratory Accreditation Program (7 U.S.C. 138-

138i) with respect to laboratories accredited only for pesticide residue 

analysis in meat and poultry products.



[63 FR 72354, Dec. 31, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 253, Jan. 5, 2004]