[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR156.8]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 156_VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION SERVICE
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 156.8  Refusal of service; denial or withdrawal of service.

    (a) Service under this part will be refused if the conditions stated 
in Sec. Sec. 156.5 and 156.6 are not met.
    (b) Service under this part may be withdrawn from, or denied to, any 
applicant by the Administrator, for such period as the Administrator may 
prescribe, when the Administrator is satisfied, after opportunity for 
hearing before a proper official has been accorded the applicant, that 
the applicant or other operator of the plant where service has been or 
would be furnished under the application, or the agent or employee of 
such applicant or operator within the scope of his employment, has 
persistently failed to give the inspector full and correct information

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with respect to the processing procedures, handling, and storage of 
animal products intended for certification or certified; or has given to 
any employee of the Department false information in connection with 
service under this part; or has altered or imitated any certificate, 
mark, or device provided for under this part; or has used any such 
certificate, mark, or device without authority from the Administrator, 
or any imitation of any such certificate, mark, or device, on or with 
respect to any animal products; or has knowingly and without promptly 
notifying the Administrator retained possession of any such device or 
imitation thereof or altered or imitation certificate or of any animal 
products marked with any such device without authority from the 
Administrator or marked with any imitation of such device; or has given 
or attempted to give, for any purpose whatsoever, any money, favor, or 
other thing of value, to any employee of the Department authorized to 
perform any function under this part; or has interfered with or 
obstructed, or attempted to interfere with or to obstruct, any employee 
of the Department in or with respect to the performance of his duties 
under this part by intimidation, threats, assaults, or any other 
improper means. The inspector assigned to any plant may suspend service 
at such plant for any of the reasons set forth in this paragraph, 
without hearing, and in that event shall report his actions to the 
Administrator, and the Administrator may continue such suspension or 
otherwise deny or suspend service at any plant for any of such reasons, 
without hearing, pending final disposal of the matter under this 
paragraph.
    (c) All final orders in any proceeding to deny or withdraw the 
service for any of the reasons set forth in paragraph (b) of this 
section (except orders required for good cause to be held confidential 
and not cited as precedents) shall be filed with the Hearing Clerk of 
the Department and be available to public inspection.

[23 FR 10111, Dec. 23, 1958, as amended at 57 FR 30899, July 13, 1992; 
62 FR 19040, Apr. 18, 1997]

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