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9 CFR 500.4: Withholding action or suspension with prior notification.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 9—Animals and Animal Products
- CHAPTER III—FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- SUBCHAPTER E—REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT, THE POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT, AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT
- PART 500—RULES OF PRACTICE
FSIS may take a withholding action or impose a suspension after an establishment is provided prior notification and the opportunity to demonstrate or achieve compliance because:
(a) The HACCP system is inadequate, as specified in § 417.6 of this chapter, due to multiple or recurring noncompliances;
(b) The Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures have not been properly implemented or maintained as specified in §§ 416.13 through 416.16 of this chapter;
(c) The establishment has not maintained sanitary conditions as prescribed in §§ 416.2-416.8 of this chapter due to multiple or recurring noncompliances;
(d) The establishment did not collect and analyze samples for Escherichia coli Biotype I and record results in accordance with § 310.25(a) or § 381.94(a) of this chapter;
(e) The establishment did not meet the Salmonella performance standard requirements prescribed in § 310.25(b) or § 381.94(b) of this chapter.
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