[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: 9CFR500.1]

[Page 669]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 500_RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 500.1  Definitions.

    (a) A ``regulatory control action'' is the retention of product, 
rejection of equipment or facilities, slowing or stopping of lines, or 
refusal to allow the processing of specifically identified product.
    (b) A ``withholding action'' is the refusal to allow the marks of 
inspection to be applied to products. A withholding action may affect 
all product in the establishment or product produced by a particular 
process.
    (c) A ``suspension'' is an interruption in the assignment of program 
employees to all or part of an establishment.