9 CFR § 559.3 - Criminal offenses.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s559.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 559.3 - Criminal offenses."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "559.3"
section_name: "Criminal offenses."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "MANDATORY INSPECTION OF FISH OF THE ORDER SILURIFORMES AND PRODUCTS OF SUCH FISH"
part_number: "559"
part_name: "DETENTION, SEIZURE, CONDEMNATION"
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. 450; 21 U.S.C. 601-602, 606-622, 624-695; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 75616, Dec. 2, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "559"
---


# 559.3 Criminal offenses.

The criminal provisions of the Act apply with respect to the inspection of fish and fish products as they do with respect to the inspection of other food products subject to the Act.