(a) FSIS may take a regulatory control action because of:
- (1) Insanitary conditions or practices;
- (2) Product adulteration or misbranding;
- (3) Conditions that preclude FSIS from determining that product is not adulterated or misbranded; or
- (4) Inhumane handling or slaughtering of livestock.
- (b) If a regulatory control action is taken, the program employee will immediately notify the establishment orally or in writing of the action and the basis for the action.
- (c) An establishment may appeal a regulatory control action, as provided in §§ 306.5, 381.35, and 590.310 of this chapter.
[64 FR 66546, Nov. 29, 1999, as amended at 85 FR 68672, Oct. 29, 2020; 85 FR 81340, Dec. 16, 2020]