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CFR /  Title 9  /  Part 500  /  Sec. 500.4 Withholding action or suspension with prior notification.

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 Sec. 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 Sec. Sec. 416.13 through 416.16 of this chapter;

(c) The establishment has not maintained sanitary conditions as prescribed in Sec. Sec. 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 Sec. 310.25(a) or Sec. 381.94(a) of this chapter;

(e) The establishment did not meet the Salmonella performance standard requirements prescribed in Sec. 310.25(b) or Sec. 381.94(b) of this chapter.