50 CFR § 260.11 - Order of inspection service.

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title: "50 CFR § 260.11 - Order of inspection service."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "260.11"
section_name: "Order of inspection service."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS"
part_number: "260"
part_name: "INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Sec. 6, 70 Stat. 1122, 16 U.S.C. 742e; secs. 203, 205, 60 Stat. 1087, 1090 as amended; 7 U.S.C. 1622, 1624; Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (84 Stat. 2090)."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 101504, Dec. 16, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
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# 260.11 Order of inspection service.

Inspection services shall be performed, insofar as practicable, in the order in which Application for Inspection Service is made, except that precedence is given first to the United States (including, but not limited to, any instrumentality or agency thereof); second, to an inspection contract holder; and third, to an interested party without an inspection contract.