9 CFR § 381.20 - Survey and grant of inspection.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s381.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 381.20 - Survey and grant of inspection."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "381.20"
section_name: "Survey and grant of inspection."
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"
part_name: "POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 138f, 1633; 21 U.S.C. 451-472; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "381"
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# 381.20 Survey and grant of inspection.
(a) Before inspection is granted, FSIS shall survey the establishment to determine if the construction and facilities of the establishment are in accordance with the regulations. FSIS will grant inspection, subject to § 381.21, when these requirements are met.
(b) FSIS shall give notice in writing to each applicant granted inspection and shall specify in the notice the establishment, including the limits of the establishment's premises, to which the grant pertains.
[62 FR 45026, Aug. 25, 1997]