[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: 9CFR354.45]

[Page 392]
 
                  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. 354.45  Denial of service.

    (a) The acts or practices set forth in Sec. Sec. 354.46 through 
354.51 or the causing thereof may be deemed sufficient cause, for the 
debarment, by the Secretary, of any person, including any agents, 
officers, subsidiaries, or affiliates of such person, from any or all 
benefits of the Act for a specified period after notice and opportunity 
for hearing has been afforded.
    (b) Whenever the Administrator has reason to believe that any person 
or his employee, agent, or representative has flagrantly or repeatedly 
committed any of the acts or practices specified in Sec. Sec. 354.46 to 
354.51, he may, without hearing, direct that the benefits of the Act be 
denied such person, including any agents, officers, subsidiaries, or 
affiliates of such person, pending investigation and hearing, and shall 
give notice thereof to any such person in the manner prescribed in Sec. 
1.147(b) of the rules of practice (7 CFR 1.147(b)). The Administrator's 
decision to deny the benefits of the Act to any such person, including 
any agents, officers, subsidiaries, or affiliates of such person, shall 
be effective upon service of such notice. A written petition for 
reconsideration of such interim denial may be filed with the 
Administrator by any person so denied the benefits of the Act within 10 
days after notice of the interim denial. Such petition shall state 
specifically the errors alleged to have been made by the Administrator 
in denying the benefits of the Act pending investigation and hearing. 
Within 20 days following the receipt of such petition for 
reconsideration, the Administrator shall reinstate the benefits of the 
Act or notify the petitioner of the reasons for continued interim 
denial.

[41 FR 23702, June 11, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 11148, Mar. 17, 1978]