{"data":{"id":"us/9-cfr-392.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"9 CFR 392.4","heading":"Supporting documentation.","body":"(a) Information referred to or relied on in support of a petition should be included in full and should not be incorporated by reference. A copy of any article or other source cited in a petition should be submitted with the petition.\n(b) Sources of information that are appropriate to use in support of a petition include, but are not limited to:\n(1) professional journal articles,\n(2) research reports,\n(3) official government statistics,\n(4) official government reports,\n(5) industry data, and\n(6) scientific textbooks.\n(c) If an original research report is used to support a petition, the information should be presented in a form that would be acceptable for publication in a peer reviewed scientific or technical journal.\n(d) If quantitative data are used to support a petition, the presentation of the data should include a complete statistical analysis using conventional statistical methods.","path":["Title 9—Animals and Animal Products","CHAPTER III—FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER D—FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS","PART 392—PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-9.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:03Z","sha256":"2458a5a3d90f782e475f0003f21ce5bb891cddb0d42c3846de4b8c7f3c1c3458","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/9-cfr-392.3","next":"us/9-cfr-392.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}