9 CFR § 381.110 - Erasures or alterations made on certificates.

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title: "9 CFR § 381.110 - Erasures or alterations made on certificates."
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title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "381.110"
section_name: "Erasures or alterations made on certificates."
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: "381"
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regulatory_source: "37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
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# 381.110 Erasures or alterations made on certificates.

Erasures or alterations not initialed by the issuing inspector shall not be permitted on any official certificate or any copy thereof. All certificates rendered useless through clerical error or otherwise and all certificates canceled for whatever cause shall be voided and initialed, and one copy shall be retained in the inspector's file; and the original and all other copies shall be forwarded to the appropriate program supervisor.