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9 CFR §500.4

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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:
  1. (a)The HACCP system is inadequate, as specified in § 417.6 of this chapter, due to multiple or recurring noncompliances;
  2. (b)The Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures have not been properly implemented or maintained as specified in §§ 416.13 through 416.16 of this chapter;
  3. (c)The establishment has not maintained sanitary conditions as prescribed in §§ 416.2-416.8 of this chapter due to multiple or recurring noncompliances;
  4. (d)The establishment did not collect and analyze samples for Escherichia coli Biotype I and record results in accordance with § 310.25(a) or § 381.94(a) of this chapter;
  5. (e)The establishment did not meet the Salmonella performance standard requirements prescribed in § 310.25(b) or § 381.94(b) of this chapter.