[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
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[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]