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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products |
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Chapter III - Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture |
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SubChapter A - Agency Organization and Terminology; Mandatory Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Voluntary Inspection and Certification |
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Part 381 - Poultry Products Inspection Regulations |
| 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. |
| § 381.19 - Application for inspection; irraditation facilities. |
| § 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. |
| § 381.29 - Suspension or other withdrawal of inspection service. |
| 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 - Attestation on Work-Related Conditions |
| § 381.45 - Attestation requirements. |
| § 381.46 - Severability. |
| § 381.47 - Rooms and compartments. |
| § 381.48 - Floors, walls, ceilings, etc. |
| § 381.49 - Drainage and plumbing. |
| § 381.50 - Water supply. |
| § 381.51 - Lavatories, toilets, and other sanitary facilities. |
| § 381.52 - Lighting and ventilation. |
| § 381.53 - Equipment and utensils. |
| § 381.54 - Accessibility of equipment. |
| § 381.55 - Restrictions on use of equipment and utensils. |
| § 381.56 - Maintenance of sanitary conditions and precautions against contamination of poultry products; PCB-containing equipment. |
| § 381.57 - Cleaning of rooms and compartments. |
| § 381.58 - Cleaning of equipment and utensils. |
| § 381.59 - Vermin. |
| § 381.60 - Use of compounds. |
| § 381.61 - Cleanliness and hygiene of official establishment personnel. |
| 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. |
| § 381.69 - Maximum line speed rates under the New Poultry 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 |
| § 381.77 - 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 - [Reserved] |
| § 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 for establishments that slaughter ratites. |
| 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 - Export inspection marks. |
| § 381.105 - Marking products for export. |
| § 381.106 - Export certification. |
| § 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. |
| § 381.122 - 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. |
| § 381.135 - Irradiated poultry product. |
| § 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. |
| § 381.144 - Packaging materials. |
| §§ 381.141--381.143 - [Reserved] |
| § 381.121a - Quantity of contents labeling. |
| § 381.121b - Definitions and procedures for determining net weight compliance. |
| § 381.121c - Scale requirements for accurate weights, repairs, adjustments, and replacement after inspection. |
| § 381.121d - Scales; testing of. |
| § 381.121e - Handling of failed product. |
| §§ 381.121a--381.121e - [Reserved] |
| §§ 381.132--381.133 - [Reserved] |
| 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. |
| § 381.147 - Restrictions on the use of substances in poultry products. |
| § 381.148 - Processing and handling requirements for frozen poultry products. |
| § 381.149 - Irradiation of poultry product to control foodborne pathogens. |
| § 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 - Manufacture of uninspected, inedible products at official establishments. |
| § 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 - [Reserved] |
| § 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 - Foreign inspection certificate requirements. |
| § 381.198 - Import inspection application. |
| § 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. |
| § 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 W - Rules of Practice Governing Proceedings Under the Poultry Products Inspection Act |
| Supplemental Rules of Practice |
| § 381.231 - Refusal or withdrawal of inspection service under section 18(a) of the Act. |
| § 381.232 - Withdrawal of inspection service for failure of an establishment to destroy any condemned carcass or part thereof or any condemned poultry product. |
| § 381.233 - Withholding use of marking, labeling or containers from use under section 8 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act. |
| Rules Applicable to the Suspension of the Assignment of Inspectors for Threats to Forcibly Assault or Forcible Assault, Intimidation or Interference with Any Inspection Service Employee |
| § 381.235 - Notification to operator of establishment of incident. |
| § 381.236 - Procedure upon failure of operator of establishment to take action required by 381.29 of the regulations. |
| General |
| § 381.230 - Scope and applicability of rules of practice. |
| 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. |
| § 381.408 - 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. |
| § 381.443 - Significant participation for voluntary nutrition labeling. |
| § 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. |
| § 381.454 - Nutrient content claims for “good source,” “high,” and “more.” |
| § 381.455 - [Reserved] |
| § 381.456 - Nutrient content claims for “light” or “lite.” |
| § 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.” |
| § 381.469 - Labeling applications for nutrient content claims. |
| §§ 381.470--381.479 - [Reserved] |
| § 381.480 - Label statements relating to usefulness in reducing or maintaining body weight. |
| § 381.500 - Exemption from nutrition labeling. |
| §§ 381.481--381.499 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 381.403--381.407 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 381.414--381.442 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 381.414--381.443 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 381.464--381.468 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 381.446--381.453 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 381.457--381.459 - [Reserved] |
| 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. |