[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: 9CFR500.7]



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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. 500.7  Refusal to grant inspection.



    (a) The FSIS Administrator may refuse to grant Federal inspection 

because an applicant:

    (1) Does not have a HACCP plan as required by part 417 of this 

chapter;

    (2) Does not have Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures as 

required by part 416 of this chapter;

    (3) Has not demonstrated that adequate sanitary conditions exist in 

the establishment as required by part 308 or part 381, subpart H, and 

part 416 of this chapter;

    (4) Has not demonstrated that livestock will be handled and 

slaughtered humanely; or

    (5) Is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection as 

specified in section 401 of the FMIA or section 18(a) of the PPIA.

    (b) If the Administrator refuses to grant inspection, the applicant 

will be provided the opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the 

Uniform Rules of Practice, 7 CFR Subtitle A, part 1, subpart H.