[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: 9CFR300.3]



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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. 300.3  FSIS organization.



    (a) General. The organization of FSIS reflects the agency's primary 

regulatory responsibilities: implementation of the FMIA, the PPIA, and 

the EPIA. FSIS implements the inspection provisions of the FMIA, the 

PPIA, and the EPIA through its field structure.

    (b) Headquarters. FSIS has eight principal components or offices, 

each of which is under the direction of a Deputy Administrator. The 

Deputy Administrators, along with their staffs, and the Administrator, 

along with the Office of the Administrator and three



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staff offices that report to the Administrator, are located at U.S. 

Department of Agriculture headquarters in Washington, DC.

    (1) Program Offices. FSIS's headquarters offices are the Office of 

Public Health and Science, which provides scientific analysis, advice, 

data, and recommendations on matters involving public health and 

science; the Office of Management, which provides centralized 

administrative and support services; the Office of Policy and Program 

Development, which develops and articulates the Agency's policies 

regarding food safety and other consumer protections; the Office of 

Field Operations, which manages regulatory oversight and inspection (see 

paragraph (c) of this section); the Office of Food Security and 

Emergency Preparedness, which works to prevent or, if necessary, 

coordinate a response to an intentional attack on the food supply; the 

Office of Program Evaluation, Enforcement, and Review, which acts to 

ensure that Agency programs are functioning in an efficient and 

effective manner; the Office of Public Affairs, Education, and Outreach, 

which is responsible for facilitating communications between FSIS and 

Congress, the Agency's constituents, and the media; and the Office of 

International Affairs, which is responsible for recommending and 

developing international policy activities.

    (2) [Reserved]

    (c) Field. FSIS's field structure consists of eighteen district 

offices and a technical center.

    (1) District offices. Each district office, under the direction of a 

District Manager, manages a farm-to-table food safety program of 

regulatory oversight and inspection in a district consisting of a State 

or several States and territories.

    The locations of the district offices and the districts' geographic 

boundaries are as follows:



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Alameda, CA.......................  California.

Boulder, CO.......................  Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New

Salem, OR (satellite office)......   Mexico, Utah, Alaska, American

                                     Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho,

                                     Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon,

                                     and Washington.

Minneapolis, MN...................  Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota,

                                     South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Des Moines, IA....................  Iowa and Nebraska.

Lawrence, KS......................  Kansas and Missouri.

Springdale, AR....................  Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

Dallas, TX........................  Texas.

Madison, WI.......................  Michigan and Wisconsin.

Chicago, IL.......................  Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana.

Pickering, OH, (satellite office).

Philadelphia, PA..................  Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Albany, NY........................  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,

                                     New Hampshire, New York, Rhode

                                     Island, and Vermont.

Beltsville, MD....................  Delaware, District of Columbia,

                                     Maryland, Virginia, and West

                                     Virginia.

Raleigh, NC.......................  North Carolina, South Carolina, and

                                     Kentucky.

Atlanta, GA.......................  Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, and

                                     the Virgin Islands.

Jackson, MS.......................  Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

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    (2) Technical Service Center. The Technical Service Center, which is 

located in Omaha, Nebraska, provides technical guidance, review, and 

training on the interpretation and application of regulatory 

requirements.



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