9 CFR § 316.1 - Authorization required to make devices bearing official marks.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s316.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 316.1 - Authorization required to make devices bearing official marks."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "316.1"
section_name: "Authorization required to make devices bearing official marks."
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: "316"
part_name: "MARKING PRODUCTS AND THEIR CONTAINERS"
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 2.18, 2.55."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15577, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "316"
---


# 316.1 Authorization required to make devices bearing official marks.

No brand manufacturer, printer or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make or cause to be made any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof without prior written authority therefor from the Administrator as provided for in part 317 of this subchapter.