9 CFR § 305.3 - Sanitation and adequate facilities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s305.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 305.3 - Sanitation and adequate facilities."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "305.3"
section_name: "Sanitation and adequate facilities."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "305"
part_name: "OFFICIAL NUMBERS; INAUGURATION OF INSPECTION; WITHDRAWAL OF INSPECTION; REPORTS OF VIOLATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.55."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15559, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "305"
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# 305.3 Sanitation and adequate facilities.

Inspection shall not be inaugurated if an establishment is not in a sanitary condition nor unless the establishment agrees to maintain a sanitary condition and provides adequate facilities for conducting such inspection.