Title 9: Animals and Animal Products
PART 381—POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS
Contents
Subpart A—Definitions
§ 381.1 Definitions.
Subpart B—Administration; Application of Inspection and Other Requirements
§ 381.3 Administration.
§ 381.4 Inspection in accordance with methods prescribed or approved.
§ 381.5 Publications.
§ 381.6 Establishments requiring inspection.
§ 381.7 Coverage of all poultry and poultry products processed in official establishments.
Subpart C—Exemptions
§ 381.10 Exemptions for specified operations.
§ 381.11 Exemptions based on religious dietary laws.
§ 381.12 Effect of religious dietary laws exemptions on other persons.
§ 381.13 Suspension or termination of exemptions.
§ 381.14 Inspection concerning purportedly exempted operations.
§ 381.15 Exemption from definition of “poultry product” of certain human food products containing poultry.
Subpart D—Application for Inspection; Grant or Refusal of Inspection
§ 381.16 How application shall be made.
§ 381.17 Filing of application.
§ 381.18 Authority of applicant.
§ 381.20 Survey and grant of inspection.
§ 381.21 Refusal of inspection.
§ 381.22 Conditions for receiving inspection.
Subpart E—Inauguration of Inspection; Official Establishment Numbers; Separation of Establishments and Other Requirements; Withdrawal of Inspection
§ 381.25 Official establishment numbers.
§ 381.26 Separation of establishments.
§ 381.27 Inauguration of service; notification concerning regulations; status of uninspected poultry products.
§ 381.28 Report of violations.
Subpart F—Assignment and Authorities of Program Employees; Appeals
§ 381.30-381.31 [Reserved]
§ 381.32 Access to establishments.
§ 381.33 Identification.
§ 381.34 Financial interest of inspectors.
§ 381.35 Appeal inspections; how made.
Subpart G—Facilities for Inspection; Overtime and Holiday Service; Billing Establishments
§ 381.36 Facilities required.
§ 381.37 Schedule of operations.
§ 381.38 Overtime and holiday inspection service.
§ 381.39 Basis of billing for overtime and holiday services.
Subpart H [Reserved]
Subpart I—Operating Procedures
§ 381.65 Operations and procedures, generally.
§ 381.66 Temperatures and chilling and freezing procedures.
§ 381.67 Young chicken and squab slaughter inspection rate maximums under traditional inspection procedure.
§ 381.68 Maximum inspection rates—New turkey inspection system.
Subpart J—Ante Mortem Inspection
§ 381.70 Ante mortem inspection; when required; extent.
§ 381.71 Condemnation on ante mortem inspection.
§ 381.72 Segregation of suspects on ante mortem inspection.
§ 381.73 Quarantine of diseased poultry.
§ 381.74 Poultry suspected of having biological residues.
§ 381.75 Poultry used for research.
Subpart K—Post Mortem Inspection; Disposition of Carcasses and Parts
§ 381.76 Post-mortem inspection, when required; extent; traditional, Streamlined Inspection System (SIS), New Line Speed (NELS) Inspection System and the New Turkey Inspection (NTI) System; rate of inspection.
§ 381.77 Carcasses held for further examination.
§ 381.78 Condemnation of carcasses and parts: separation of poultry suspected of containing biological residues.
§ 381.79 Passing of carcasses and parts.
§ 381.80 General; biological residues.
§ 381.81 Tuberculosis.
§ 381.82 Diseases of the leukosis complex.
§ 381.83 Septicemia or toxemia.
§ 381.84 Airsacculitis.
§ 381.85 Special diseases.
§ 381.86 Inflammatory processes.
§ 381.87 Tumors.
§ 381.88 Parasites.
§ 381.89 Bruises.
§ 381.90 Cadavers.
§ 381.91 Contamination.
§ 381.92 Overscald.
§ 381.93 Decomposition.
§ 381.94 Contamination with Microorganisms; process control verification criteria and testing; pathogen reduction standards.
Subpart L—Handling and Disposal of Condemned or Other Inedible Products at Official Establishments
§ 381.95 Disposal of condemned poultry products.
Subpart M—Official Marks, Devices, and Certificates; Export Certificates; Certification Procedures
§ 381.96 Wording and form of the official inspection legend.
§ 381.97 [Reserved]
§ 381.98 Official seal.
§ 381.99 Official retention and rejection tags.
§ 381.100 Official detention tag.
§ 381.101 Official U.S. Condemned mark.
§ 381.102 [Reserved]
§ 381.103 Official poultry condemnation certificates; issuance and form.
§ 381.104 Official export certificates, marks and devices.
§ 381.105 Export certification; marking of containers.
§ 381.106 Form of official export certificate.
§ 381.107 Special procedures as to certification of poultry products for export to certain countries.
§ 381.108 Official poultry inspection certificates; issuance and disposition.
§ 381.109 Form of official poultry inspection certificate.
§ 381.110 Erasures or alterations made on certificates.
§ 381.111 Data to be entered in proper spaces.
§ 381.112 Official mark for maintaining the identity and integrity of samples.
Subpart N—Labeling and Containers
§ 381.115 Containers of inspected and passed poultry products required to be labeled.
§ 381.116 Wording on labels of immediate containers.
§ 381.117 Name of product and other labeling.
§ 381.118 Ingredients statement.
§ 381.119 Declaration of artificial flavoring or coloring.
§ 381.120 Antioxidants; chemical preservatives; and other additives.
§ 381.121 Quantity of contents.
§ 381.121a-381.121e [Reserved]
§ 381.122 Identification of manufacturer, packer or distributor.
§ 381.123 Official inspection mark; official establishment number.
§ 381.124 Dietary food claims.
§ 381.125 Special handling label requirements.
§ 381.126 Date of packing and date of processing; contents of cans.
§ 381.127 Wording on labels of shipping containers.
§ 381.128 Labels in foreign languages.
§ 381.129 False or misleading labeling or containers.
§ 381.130 False or misleading labeling or containers; orders to withhold from use.
§ 381.131 Preparation of labeling or other devices bearing official inspection marks without advance approval prohibited; exceptions.
§ 381.132 Labeling approval.
§ 381.133 Generically approved labeling.
§ 381.134 Requirement of formulas.
§ 381.136 Affixing of official identification.
§ 381.137 Evidence of labeling and devices approval.
§ 381.138 Unauthorized use or disposition of approved labeling or devices.
§ 381.139 Removal of official identifications.
§ 381.140 Relabeling poultry products.
§ 381.141-381.143 [Reserved]
§ 381.144 Packaging materials.
Subpart O—Entry of Articles Into Official Establishments; Processing Inspection and Other Reinspections; Processing Requirements
§ 381.145 Poultry products and other articles entering or at official establishments; examination and other requirements.
§ 381.146 Sampling at official establishments.
§ 381.148 Processing and handling requirements for frozen poultry products.
§ 381.150 Requirements for the production of fully cooked poultry products and partially cooked poultry breakfast strips.
§ 381.151 Adulteration of product by polluted water; procedure for handling.
§ 381.152 Preparation in an official establishment of articles not for human food.
§ 381.153 [Reserved]
Subpart P—Definitions and Standards of Identity or Composition
§ 381.155 General.
§ 381.156 Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products.
§ 381.157 Canned boned poultry and baby or geriatric food.
§ 381.158 Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies.
§ 381.159 Poultry rolls.
§ 381.160 (Kind) burgers; (Kind) patties.
§ 381.161 “(Kind) A La Kiev.”
§ 381.162 “(Kind) steak or fillet.”
§ 381.163 “(Kind) baked” or “(Kind) roasted.”
§ 381.164 “(Kind) barbecued.”
§ 381.165 “(Kind) barbecued prepared with moist heat.”
§ 381.166 Breaded products.
§ 381.167 Other poultry dishes and specialty items.
§ 381.168 Maximum percent of skin in certain poultry products.
§ 381.169 Ready-to-cook poultry products to which solutions are added.
§ 381.170 Standards for kinds and classes, and for cuts of raw poultry.
§ 381.171 Definition and standard for “Turkey Ham.”
§ 381.172 Requirements for substitute standardized poultry products named by use of an expressed nutrient content claim and a standardized term.
§ 381.173 Mechanically Separated (Kind of Poultry).
§ 381.174 Limitations with respect to use of Mechanically Separated (Kind of Poultry).
Subpart Q—Records, Registration, and Reports
§ 381.175 Records required to be kept.
§ 381.176 Place of maintenance of records.
§ 381.177 Record retention period.
§ 381.178 Access to and inspection of records, facilities and inventory; copying and sampling.
§ 381.179 Registration.
§ 381.180 Information and reports required from official establishment operators.
§ 381.181 Reports by consignees of allegedly adulterated or misbranded products; sale or transportation as violations.
§ 381.182 Reports of inspection work.
Subpart R—Cooperation With States and Territories; Certification of State and Territorial Programs as at Least Equal to Federal Program
§ 381.185 Assistance to State and Territorial programs.
§ 381.186 Cooperation of States and other jurisdictions in Federal programs.
§ 381.187 Cooperation of States for the interstate shipment of poultry products.
Subpart S—Transportation; Exportation; or Sale of Poultry or Poultry Products
§ 381.189 Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles.
§ 381.190 Transactions in slaughtered poultry and other poultry products restricted; vehicle sanitation requirements.
§ 381.191 Distribution of inspected products to small lot buyers.
§ 381.192 Penalties inapplicable to carriers.
§ 381.193 Poultry carcasses, etc., not intended for human food.
§ 381.194 Transportation and other transactions concerning dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, and parts of carcasses of poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter.
Subpart T—Imported Poultry Products
§ 381.195 Definitions; requirements for importation into the United States.
§ 381.196 Eligibility of foreign countries for importation of poultry products into the United States.
§ 381.197 Imported products; foreign inspection certificates required.
§ 381.198 Importer to make application for inspection of poultry products offered for entry.
§ 381.199 Inspection of poultry products offered for entry.
§ 381.200 Poultry products offered for entry, retention in customs custody; delivery under bond; movement prior to inspection; handling; facilities and assistance.
§ 381.201 Means of conveyance and equipment used in handling poultry products offered for entry to be maintained in sanitary condition.
§ 381.202 Poultry products offered for entry; reporting of findings to customs; handling of articles refused entry; appeals, how made; denaturing procedures.
§ 381.203 Products offered for entry; charges for storage, cartage, and labor with respect to products which are refused entry.
§ 381.204 Marking of poultry products offered for entry; official import inspection marks and devices.
§ 381.205 Labeling of immediate containers of poultry products offered for entry.
§ 381.206 Labeling of shipping containers of poultry products offered for entry.
§ 381.207 Small importations for consignee's personal use, display, or laboratory analysis.
§ 381.208 Poultry products offered for entry and entered to be handled and transported as domestic; entry into official establishments; transportation.
§ 381.209 Returned United States inspected and marked poultry products; exemption.
Subpart U—Detention; Seizure and Condemnation; Criminal Offenses
§ 381.210 Poultry and other articles subject to administrative detention.
§ 381.211 Method of detention; form of detention tag.
§ 381.212 Notification of detention to the owner of the poultry or other article, or the owner's agent, and person having custody.
§ 381.213 Notification of governmental authorities having jurisdiction over article detained; form of written notification.
§ 381.214 Movement of poultry or other article detained; removal of official marks.
§ 381.215 Poultry or other articles subject to judicial seizure and condemnation.
§ 381.216 Procedure for judicial seizure, condemnation, and disposition.
§ 381.217 Authority for condemnation or seizure under other provisions of law.
§ 381.218 Criminal offenses.
Subpart V—Special Provisions for Designated States and Territories; Criteria and Procedure for Designating Establishments With Operations Which Would Clearly Endanger the Public Health; Disposition of Poultry Products Therein
§ 381.220 Definition of “State”.
§ 381.221 Designation of States under paragraph 5(c) of the Act.
§ 381.222 States designated under paragraph 5(c) of the Act; application of regulations.
§ 381.223 Control and disposition of nonfederally inspected poultry products in States designated under paragraph 5(c) of the Act.
§ 381.224 Designation of States under section 11 of the Act; application of sections of the Act and the regulations.
§ 381.225 Criteria and procedure for designating establishments with operations which would clearly endanger the public health; disposition of poultry products therein.
Subpart X—Canning and Canned Products
§ 381.300 Definitions.
§ 381.301 Containers and closures.
§ 381.302 Thermal processing.
§ 381.303 Critical factors and the application of the process schedule.
§ 381.304 Operations in the thermal processing area.
§ 381.305 Equipment and procedures for heat processing systems.
§ 381.306 Processing and production records.
§ 381.307 Record review and maintenance.
§ 381.308 Deviations in processing.
§ 381.309 Finished product inspection.
§ 381.310 Personnel and training.
§ 381.311 Recall procedure.
Subpart Y—Nutrition Labeling
§ 381.400 Nutrition labeling of poultry products.
§ 381.401 Required nutrition labeling of ground or chopped poultry products.
§ 381.402 Location of nutrition information.
§§ 381.403-381.407 [Reserved]
§ 381.408 Labeling of poultry products with number of servings.
§ 381.409 Nutrition label content.
§ 381.410-381.411 [Reserved]
§ 381.412 Reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion.
§ 381.413 Nutrient content claims; general principles.
§ 381.414-381.443 [Reserved]
§ 381.444 Identification of major cuts of poultry products.
§ 381.445 Nutrition labeling of single-ingredient, raw poultry products that are not ground or chopped products described in § 381.401.
§ 381.446-381.453 [Reserved]
§ 381.454 Nutrient content claims for “good source,” “high,” and “more.”
§ 381.455 [Reserved]
§ 381.456 Nutrient content claims for “light” or “lite.”
§ 381.457-381.459 [Reserved]
§ 381.460 Nutrient content claims for calorie content.
§ 381.461 Nutrient content claims for the sodium content.
§ 381.462 Nutrient content claims for fat, fatty acids, and cholesterol content.
§ 381.463 Nutrient content claims for “healthy.”
§ 381.464-381.468 [Reserved]
§ 381.469 Labeling applications for nutrient content claims.
§ 381.470-381.479 [Reserved]
§ 381.480 Label statements relating to usefulness in reducing or maintaining body weight.
§ 381.481-381.499 [Reserved]
§ 381.500 Exemption from nutrition labeling.
Subpart Z—Selected Establishments; Cooperative Program for Interstate Shipment of Poultry Products
§ 381.511 Definitions.
§ 381.512 Purpose.
§ 381.513 Requirements for establishments; ineligible establishments.
§ 381.514 State request for cooperative agreement.
§ 381.515 Establishment selection; official number for selected establishments.
§ 381.516 Commencement of a cooperative interstate shipment program; inspection by designated personnel and official mark.
§ 381.517 Federal oversight of a cooperative interstate shipment program.
§ 381.518 Quarterly reports.
§ 381.519 Enforcement authority.
§ 381.520 Deselection of ineligible establishments.
§ 381.521 Transition to official establishment.
§ 381.522 Transition grants.
§ 381.523 Separation of operations.
§ 381.524 Voluntary withdrawal.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 138f, 450; 21 U.S.C. 451-470; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53.
Source: 37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, unless otherwise noted.
