9 CFR 500.4

§ 500.4 Withholding action or suspension with prior notification.

United States · 9 CFR — Animals and Animal Products · Status: effective

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Citation: 9 CFR 500.4, § 500.4 Withholding action or suspension with prior notification, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/35447
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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.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.