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20 CAR § 940-101. Incorporation by reference of federal meat inspection laws and regulations
20 CAR § 940-101. Incorporation by reference of federal meat inspection laws and regulations.
(a) The Department of Agriculture hereby incorporates by reference the most current revisions of the following federal laws and regulations as though set forth herein line for line and word for word:
(1) Title 7 of the United States Code, Chapter 48, Sections 1902 and 1906;
(2) Title 21 of the United States Code, Chapter 12, Subchapter I, Sections 601, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 610, 611, 612, 613, 621, 622, 623, Subchapter II, Sections 641, 642, 643, 644, and Subchapter IV, Sections 671, 672, 673, 675, 676; and
(3) Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter III, Subchapters A and E, excluding:
(A) Subchapter A Parts 300.1-300.4, 302.2, 303.1(c), 304.2(c), 307.4(b)-(d), 307.5, 307.6, 316.13(c), 317.7, 318.8, 318.12, 321, 322, 327, 329, 331, 332, 335, 351, 352, 354, 355, 362, 381; and
(B) Subchapter E Part 439.
(b)(1) However, unless context otherwise dictates, references to “we”, “the Food Safety and Inspection Service”, and the “United States Department of Agriculture” shall refer to the Department of Agriculture or department, and all words or terms defined or used in the federal regulations incorporated by reference shall mean the state equivalent or counterpart to those words or terms.
(2) Whenever an official mark, form, certificate, or seal is designated or required by federal law or regulation, the appropriate Department of Agriculture mark, form, certificate, or seal shall be substituted.