9 CFR § 316.2 - Approval required for official marks.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s316.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 316.2 - Approval required for official marks."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "316.2"
section_name: "Approval required for 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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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"
---


# 316.2 Approval required for official marks.

No device containing any official mark shall be made or caused to be made for use on any product until it has been approved by the Administrator as provided for in part 317 of this subchapter.