9 CFR § 332.1 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s332.1"
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title: "9 CFR § 332.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "332.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
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: "332"
part_name: "SELECTED ESTABLISHMENTS; COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR INTERSTATE SHIPMENT OF CARCASSES, PARTS OF CARCASSES, MEAT, AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS"
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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, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 24753, May 2, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "332"
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# 332.1 Definitions.

*Cooperative interstate shipment program.* A cooperative meat inspection program described in § 321.3 of this subchapter.

*Cooperative State meat inspection program.* A cooperative State-Federal meat inspection program described in § 321.1 of this subchapter.

*Designated personnel.* State inspection personnel that have been trained in the enforcement of the Act and any additional State program requirements in order to provide inspection services to selected establishments.

*Interstate commerce.* “Interstate commerce” has the same meaning as “commerce” under § 301.2 of this subchapter.

*Selected establishment.* An establishment operating under a State cooperative meat inspection program that has been selected by the Administrator, in coordination with the State where the establishment is located, to participate in a cooperative interstate shipment program.