[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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[CITE: 9CFR354.2]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 354_VOLUNTARY INSPECTION OF RABBITS AND EDIBLE PRODUCTS THEREOF

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Sec. 354.2  Designation of official certificates, memoranda, marks, other identifications, and devices for purposes of the Agricultural Marketing Act.



    Subsection 203(h) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as 

amended by Pub. L. 272, 84th Congress, provides criminal penalties for 

various specified offenses relating to official certificates, memoranda, 

marks or other identifications, and devices for making such marks or 

identifications, issued or authorized under section 203 of said Act, and 

certain misrepresentations concerning the inspection of agricultural 

products under said section. For the purposes of said subsection and the 

provisions in this part, the terms listed in this section shall have the 

respective meanings specified:

    (a) Official certificate means any form of certification, either 

written or printed, used under this part to certify with respect to the 

inspection or class or condition of products.

    (b) Official memorandum means any initial record of findings made by 

an authorized person in the process of inspecting or sampling, pursuant 

to this part, any processing or plant operation report made by an 

authorized person in connection with inspecting or sampling under this 

part, and any report made by an authorized person of services performed 

pursuant to this part.

    (c) Official mark means the inspection mark, and any other mark, or 

any variations in such marks, approved by the Administrator and 

authorized to be affixed to any product, or affixed to or printed on the 

packaging material of any product, stating that the product was 

inspected, or indicating the condition of the product, or for the 

purpose of maintaining the identity of products inspected under this 

part, including, but not limited to, that set forth in Sec. 354.65.

    (d) Official identification means any symbol, stamp, label, or seal 

indicating that the product has been officially inspected and/or 

indicating the class or condition of the product approved by the 

Administrator and authorized to be affixed to any product, or affixed to 

or printed on the packaging material of any product.

    (e) Official device means a stamping appliance, branding device, 

stencil, printed label, or any other mechanically or manually operated 

tool that is approved by the Administrator for the purpose of applying 

any official mark or other identification to any product or the 

packaging material thereof.



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