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