9 CFR § 329.9 - Criminal offenses.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s329.9"
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title: "9 CFR § 329.9 - Criminal offenses."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "329.9"
section_name: "Criminal offenses."
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: "329"
part_name: "DETENTION; SEIZURE AND CONDEMNATION; CRIMINAL OFFENSES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.55."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15617, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "329"
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# 329.9 Criminal offenses.

The Act contains criminal provisions with respect to numerous offenses specified in the Act, including but not limited to bribery of Program employees, receipt of gifts by Program employees, and forcible assaults on, or other interference with, Program employees while engaged in, or on account of, the performance of their official duties under the Act.