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 AND THE POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT

PART 500 - RULES OF PRACTICE

500.4 - Withholding action or suspension with prior notification.

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 416.2416.8 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.