[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR260.1]

[Page 655]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 260_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A_Inspection and Certification of Establishments and Fishery 
                     Products for Human Consumption
 
Sec. 260.1  Administration of regulations.


    The Secretary of Commerce is charged with the administration of the 
regulations in this part except that he may delegate any or all of such 
functions to any officer or employee of the National Marine Fisheries 
Service of the Department in his discretion. \1\
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    \1\ All functions of the Department of Agriculture which pertain to 
fish, shellfish, and any products thereof, now performed under the 
authority of title II of the Act of August 14, 1946, popularly known as 
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) 
including but not limited to the development and promulgation of grade 
standards, the inspection and certification, and improvement of 
transportation facilities and rates for fish and shellfish and any 
products thereof, were transferred to the Department of the Interior by 
the Director of the Budget (23 FR 2304) pursuant to section 6(a) of the 
Act of Aug. 8, 1956, popularly known as the Fish and Wildlife Act of 
1956 (16 U.S.C. 742e). Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (84 Stat. 2090) 
transferred, among other things, such functions from the U.S. Department 
of the Interior to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

[36 FR 21037, Nov. 3, 1971]

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