50 CFR § 260.22 - Appeal inspector selection protocol.

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title: "50 CFR § 260.22 - Appeal inspector selection protocol."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "260.22"
section_name: "Appeal inspector selection protocol."
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."
cfr_part: "260"
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# 260.22 Appeal inspector selection protocol.

(a) An inspector who did not perform the original product inspection shall be assigned to perform the appeal service; provided that the inspector who made the original product inspection on which an appeal is requested may be authorized to draw the samples when another inspector or licensed sampler is not available in the area where the product is located.

(b) Whenever practical, the appeal service shall be conducted jointly by two inspectors.