[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
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[CITE: 9CFR354.2]

[Page 387]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 354_VOLUNTARY INSPECTION OF RABBITS AND EDIBLE 
PRODUCTS THEREOF--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 354.2  Designation of official certificates, memoranda, marks, other
identifications, and devices for purposes of the Agricultural Marketing Act.

    Subsection 203(h) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as 
amended by Pub. L. 272, 84th Congress, provides criminal penalties for 
various specified offenses relating to official certificates, memoranda, 
marks or other identifications, and devices for making such marks or 
identifications, issued or authorized under section 203 of said Act, and 
certain misrepresentations concerning the inspection of agricultural 
products under said section. For the purposes of said subsection and the 
provisions in this part, the terms listed in this section shall have the 
respective meanings specified:
    (a) Official certificate means any form of certification, either 
written or printed, used under this part to certify with respect to the 
inspection or class or condition of products.
    (b) Official memorandum means any initial record of findings made by 
an authorized person in the process of inspecting or sampling, pursuant 
to this part, any processing or plant operation report made by an 
authorized person in connection with inspecting or sampling under this 
part, and any report made by an authorized person of services performed 
pursuant to this part.
    (c) Official mark means the inspection mark, and any other mark, or 
any variations in such marks, approved by the Administrator and 
authorized to be affixed to any product, or affixed to or printed on the 
packaging material of any product, stating that the product was 
inspected, or indicating the condition of the product, or for the 
purpose of maintaining the identity of products inspected under this 
part, including, but not limited to, that set forth in Sec. 354.65.
    (d) Official identification means any symbol, stamp, label, or seal 
indicating that the product has been officially inspected and/or 
indicating the class or condition of the product approved by the 
Administrator and authorized to be affixed to any product, or affixed to 
or printed on the packaging material of any product.
    (e) Official device means a stamping appliance, branding device, 
stencil, printed label, or any other mechanically or manually operated 
tool that is approved by the Administrator for the purpose of applying 
any official mark or other identification to any product or the 
packaging material thereof.

                             Administration