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FEDERAL · 9 CFR

Part 381 — Poultry Products Inspection Regulations

223 sections · Title 9: Animals and Animal Products

§ 381.1Definitions.
§ 381.3Administration.
§ 381.4Inspection in accordance with methods prescribed or approved.
§ 381.5Publications.
§ 381.6Establishments requiring inspection.
§ 381.7Coverage of all poultry and poultry products processed in official establishments.
§ 381.10Exemptions for specified operations.
§ 381.11Exemptions based on religious dietary laws.
§ 381.12Effect of religious dietary laws exemptions on other persons.
§ 381.13Suspension or termination of exemptions.
§ 381.14Inspection concerning purportedly exempted operations.
§ 381.15Exemption from definition of “poultry product” of certain human food products containing poultry.
§ 381.16How application shall be made.
§ 381.17Filing of application.
§ 381.18Authority of applicant.
§ 381.20Survey and grant of inspection.
§ 381.21Refusal of inspection.
§ 381.22Conditions for receiving inspection.
§ 381.25Official establishment numbers.
§ 381.26Separation of establishments.
§ 381.27Inauguration of service; notification concerning regulations; status of uninspected poultry products.
§ 381.28Report of violations.
§ 381.30-381.31§§ 381.30-381.31 [Reserved]
§ 381.32Access to establishments.
§ 381.33Identification.
§ 381.34Financial interest of inspectors.
§ 381.35Appeal inspections; how made.
§ 381.36Facilities required.
§ 381.37Schedule of operations.
§ 381.38Overtime and holiday inspection service.
§ 381.39Basis of billing for overtime and holiday services.
§ 381.45Attestation requirements.
§ 381.46Severability.
§ 381.65Operations and procedures, generally.
§ 381.66Temperatures and chilling and freezing procedures.
§ 381.67Young chicken and squab slaughter inspection rate maximums under traditional inspection procedure.
§ 381.68Maximum inspection rates—New turkey inspection system.
§ 381.69Maximum line speed rates under the New Poultry Inspection System.
§ 381.70Ante mortem inspection; when required; extent.
§ 381.71Condemnation on ante mortem inspection.
§ 381.72Segregation of suspects on ante mortem inspection.
§ 381.73Quarantine of diseased poultry.
§ 381.74Poultry suspected of having biological residues.
§ 381.75Poultry used for research.
§ 381.76Post-mortem inspection under Traditional Inspection, the Streamlined Inspection System (SIS), the New Line Speed (NELS) Inspection System, the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS), the New Turkey Inspection System (NTI), and Ratite Inspection.
§ 381.77Carcasses held for further examination.
§ 381.78Condemnation of carcasses and parts: separation of poultry suspected of containing biological residues.
§ 381.79Passing of carcasses and parts.
§ 381.80General; biological residues.
§ 381.81Tuberculosis.
§ 381.82§ 381.82 [Reserved]
§ 381.83Septicemia or toxemia.
§ 381.84Airsacculitis.
§ 381.85Special diseases.
§ 381.86Inflammatory processes.
§ 381.87Tumors.
§ 381.88Parasites.
§ 381.89Bruises.
§ 381.90Cadavers.
§ 381.91Contamination.
§ 381.92Overscald.
§ 381.93Decomposition.
§ 381.94Contamination with microorganisms; process control verification criteria and testing; pathogen reduction standards for establishments that slaughter ratites.
§ 381.95Disposal of condemned poultry products.
§ 381.96Wording and form of the official inspection legend.
§ 381.97§ 381.97 [Reserved]
§ 381.98Official seal.
§ 381.99Official retention and rejection tags.
§ 381.100Official detention tag.
§ 381.101Official U.S. Condemned mark.
§ 381.102§ 381.102 [Reserved]
§ 381.103Official poultry condemnation certificates; issuance and form.
§ 381.104Export inspection marks.
§ 381.105Marking products for export.
§ 381.106Export certification.
§ 381.107Special procedures as to certification of poultry products for export to certain countries.
§ 381.108Official poultry inspection certificates; issuance and disposition.
§ 381.109Form of official poultry inspection certificate.
§ 381.110Erasures or alterations made on certificates.
§ 381.111Data to be entered in proper spaces.
§ 381.112Official mark for maintaining the identity and integrity of samples.
§ 381.115Containers of inspected and passed poultry products required to be labeled.
§ 381.116Wording on labels of immediate containers.
§ 381.117Name of product and other labeling.
§ 381.118Ingredients statement.
§ 381.119Declaration of artificial flavoring or coloring.
§ 381.120Antioxidants; chemical preservatives; and other additives.
§ 381.121Quantity of contents.
§ 381.121a-381.121e§§ 381.121a-381.121e [Reserved]
§ 381.122Identification of manufacturer, packer or distributor.
§ 381.123Official inspection mark; official establishment number.
§ 381.124Dietary food claims.
§ 381.125Special handling label requirements.
§ 381.126Date of packing and date of processing; contents of cans.
§ 381.127Wording on labels of shipping containers.
§ 381.128Labels in foreign languages.
§ 381.129False or misleading labeling or containers.
§ 381.130False or misleading labeling or containers; orders to withhold from use.
§ 381.131Preparation of labeling or other devices bearing official inspection marks without advance approval prohibited; exceptions.
§ 381.132-381.133§§ 381.132-381.133 [Reserved]
§ 381.134Requirement of formulas.
§ 381.136Affixing of official identification.
§ 381.137Evidence of labeling and devices approval.
§ 381.138Unauthorized use or disposition of approved labeling or devices.
§ 381.139Removal of official identifications.
§ 381.140Relabeling poultry products.
§ 381.141-381.143§§ 381.141-381.143 [Reserved]
§ 381.144Packaging materials.
§ 381.145Poultry products and other articles entering or at official establishments; examination and other requirements.
§ 381.146Sampling at official establishments.
§ 381.148Processing and handling requirements for frozen poultry products.
§ 381.150Requirements for the production of fully cooked poultry products and partially cooked poultry breakfast strips.
§ 381.151Adulteration of product by polluted water; procedure for handling.
§ 381.152Manufacture of uninspected, inedible products at official establishments.
§ 381.153§ 381.153 [Reserved]
§ 381.155General.
§ 381.156Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products.
§ 381.157Canned boned poultry and baby or geriatric food.
§ 381.158Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies.
§ 381.159Poultry rolls.
§ 381.160(Kind) burgers; (Kind) patties.
§ 381.161“(Kind) A La Kiev.”
§ 381.162“(Kind) steak or fillet.”
§ 381.163“(Kind) baked” or “(Kind) roasted.”
§ 381.164“(Kind) barbecued.”
§ 381.165“(Kind) barbecued prepared with moist heat.”
§ 381.166Breaded products.
§ 381.167Other poultry dishes and specialty items.
§ 381.168Maximum percent of skin in certain poultry products.
§ 381.169§ 381.169 [Reserved]
§ 381.170Standards for kinds and classes, and for cuts of raw poultry.
§ 381.171Definition and standard for “Turkey Ham.”
§ 381.172Requirements for substitute standardized poultry products named by use of an expressed nutrient content claim and a standardized term.
§ 381.173Mechanically Separated (Kind of Poultry).
§ 381.174Limitations with respect to use of Mechanically Separated (Kind of Poultry).
§ 381.175Records required to be kept.
§ 381.176Place of maintenance of records.
§ 381.177Record retention period.
§ 381.178Access to and inspection of records, facilities and inventory; copying and sampling.
§ 381.179Registration.
§ 381.180Information and reports required from official establishment operators.
§ 381.181Reports by consignees of allegedly adulterated or misbranded products; sale or transportation as violations.
§ 381.182Reports of inspection work.
§ 381.185Assistance to State and Territorial programs.
§ 381.186Cooperation of States and other jurisdictions in Federal programs.
§ 381.187Cooperation of States for the interstate shipment of poultry products.
§ 381.189Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles.
§ 381.190Transactions in slaughtered poultry and other poultry products restricted; vehicle sanitation requirements.
§ 381.191Distribution of inspected products to small lot buyers.
§ 381.192Penalties inapplicable to carriers.
§ 381.193Poultry carcasses, etc., not intended for human food.
§ 381.194Transportation and other transactions concerning dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, and parts of carcasses of poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter.
§ 381.195Definitions; requirements for importation into the United States.
§ 381.196Eligibility of foreign countries for importation of poultry products into the United States.
§ 381.197Foreign inspection certificate requirements.
§ 381.198Import inspection application.
§ 381.199Inspection of poultry products offered for entry.
§ 381.200Poultry products offered for entry, retention in customs custody; delivery under bond; movement prior to inspection; handling; facilities and assistance.
§ 381.201Means of conveyance and equipment used in handling poultry products offered for entry to be maintained in sanitary condition.
§ 381.202Poultry products offered for entry; reporting of findings to customs; handling of articles refused entry; appeals, how made; denaturing procedures.
§ 381.203Products offered for entry; charges for storage, cartage, and labor with respect to products which are refused entry.
§ 381.204Marking of poultry products offered for entry; official import inspection marks and devices.
§ 381.205Labeling of immediate containers of poultry products offered for entry.
§ 381.206Labeling of shipping containers of poultry products offered for entry.
§ 381.207Small importations for consignee's personal use, display, or laboratory analysis.
§ 381.208Poultry products offered for entry and entered to be handled and transported as domestic; entry into official establishments; transportation.
§ 381.209Returned United States inspected and marked poultry products; exemption.
§ 381.210Poultry and other articles subject to administrative detention.
§ 381.211Method of detention; form of detention tag.
§ 381.212Notification of detention to the owner of the poultry or other article, or the owner's agent, and person having custody.
§ 381.213Notification of governmental authorities having jurisdiction over article detained; form of written notification.
§ 381.214Movement of poultry or other article detained; removal of official marks.
§ 381.215Poultry or other articles subject to judicial seizure and condemnation.
§ 381.216Procedure for judicial seizure, condemnation, and disposition.
§ 381.217Authority for condemnation or seizure under other provisions of law.
§ 381.218Criminal offenses.
§ 381.220Definition of “State”.
§ 381.221§ 381.221 [Reserved]
§ 381.222States designated under paragraph 5(c) of the Act; application of regulations.
§ 381.223Control and disposition of nonfederally inspected poultry products in States designated under paragraph 5(c) of the Act.
§ 381.224§ 381.224 [Reserved]
§ 381.225Criteria and procedure for designating establishments with operations which would clearly endanger the public health; disposition of poultry products therein.
§ 381.400Nutrition labeling of poultry products.
§ 381.401Required nutrition labeling of ground or chopped poultry products.
§ 381.402Location of nutrition information.
§ 381.403-381.407§§ 381.403-381.407 [Reserved]
§ 381.408Labeling of poultry products with number of servings.
§ 381.409Nutrition label content.
§ 381.410-381.411§§ 381.410-381.411 [Reserved]
§ 381.412Reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion.
§ 381.413Nutrient content claims; general principles.
§ 381.414-381.443§§ 381.414-381.443 [Reserved]
§ 381.444Identification of major cuts of poultry products.
§ 381.445Nutrition labeling of single-ingredient, raw poultry products that are not ground or chopped products described in § 381.401.
§ 381.446-381.453§§ 381.446-381.453 [Reserved]
§ 381.454Nutrient content claims for “good source,” “high,” and “more.”
§ 381.455§ 381.455 [Reserved]
§ 381.456Nutrient content claims for “light” or “lite.”
§ 381.457-381.459§§ 381.457-381.459 [Reserved]
§ 381.460Nutrient content claims for calorie content.
§ 381.461Nutrient content claims for the sodium content.
§ 381.462Nutrient content claims for fat, fatty acids, and cholesterol content.
§ 381.463Nutrient content claims for “healthy.”
§ 381.464-381.468§§ 381.464-381.468 [Reserved]
§ 381.469Labeling applications for nutrient content claims.
§ 381.470-381.479§§ 381.470-381.479 [Reserved]
§ 381.480Label statements relating to usefulness in reducing or maintaining body weight.
§ 381.481-381.499§§ 381.481-381.499 [Reserved]
§ 381.500Exemption from nutrition labeling.
§ 381.511Definitions.
§ 381.512Purpose.
§ 381.513Requirements for establishments; ineligible establishments.
§ 381.514State request for cooperative agreement.
§ 381.515Establishment selection; official number for selected establishments.
§ 381.516Commencement of a cooperative interstate shipment program; inspection by designated personnel and official mark.
§ 381.517Federal oversight of a cooperative interstate shipment program.
§ 381.518Quarterly reports.
§ 381.519Enforcement authority.
§ 381.520Deselection of ineligible establishments.
§ 381.521Transition to official establishment.
§ 381.522Transition grants.
§ 381.523Separation of operations.
§ 381.524Voluntary withdrawal.