TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE

SUBTITLE B - REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER II - FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SUBCHAPTER C - FOOD STAMP AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM

PART 283 - APPEALS OF QUALITY CONTROL (''QC'') CLAIMS

subpart b - APPEALS OF QC CLAIMS OF $50,000 OR MORE

283.8 - Rebuttal or amendment of appeal or answer.

  (a) Not later than 30 days after FNS submits an answer in accordance with 283.6, the State agency may submit rebuttal evidence.

  (b) At any time prior to the filing of a motion for a hearing pursuant to 283.15(b), the appeal petition or the answer may be amended without prior authorization by the ALJ. Thereafter, such an amendment may only be made as authorized by the ALJ upon a showing of cause.