9 CFR § 332.13 - Separation of operations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s332.13"
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title: "9 CFR § 332.13 - Separation of operations."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "332.13"
section_name: "Separation of operations."
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"
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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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# 332.13 Separation of operations.

A selected establishment may conduct operations under the cooperative State meat inspection program if the establishment implements and maintains written procedures for complete physical separation of product and process for each operation by time or space.