9 CFR § 381.512 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s381.512"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 381.512 - Purpose."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "381.512"
section_name: "Purpose."
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: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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# 381.512 Purpose.

This subpart Z prescribes the conditions under which States that administer cooperative State poultry products inspection programs and establishments that operate under such programs may participate in a cooperative interstate shipment program.