PART 300—AGENCY MISSION AND ORGANIZATION Authority: 21 U.S.C. 451-470, 601-695, 1031-1056; 7 U.S.C. 138-138i, 450, 1621-1627, 1901-1906; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53. Source: 63 FR 72354, Dec. 31, 1998, unless otherwise noted. § 300.1 Purpose. This part describes the duties and organization of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). It also includes rules on the access of government employees to regulated places of business. [63 FR 72354, Dec. 31, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 253, Jan. 5, 2004] § 300.2 FSIS responsibilities. (a) Delegations of authority. (b) Implementing regulations. (1) The Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq. (2) The Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq. (3) The Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended (EPIA) (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq. (4) The Humane Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901-1906); (5) The Talmadge-Aiken Act (7 U.S.C. 450), with respect to cooperation with States in the administration of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act; (6) The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), relating to voluntary inspection of poultry and edible products thereof; voluntary inspection and certification of technical animal fat; certified products for dogs, cats, and other carnivora; voluntary inspection of rabbits and edible products thereof; and voluntary inspection and certification of edible meat and other products; and (7) The National Laboratory Accreditation Program (7 U.S.C. 138-138i) with respect to laboratories accredited only for pesticide residue analysis in meat and poultry products. [63 FR 72354, Dec. 31, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 253, Jan. 5, 2004] § 300.3 FSIS organization. (a) General. (b) Headquarters. (1) Program Offices. (2) [Reserved] (c) Field. (1) District offices. The locations of the district offices and the districts' geographic boundaries are as follows: Alameda, CA California. Boulder, CO Salem, OR (satellite office) Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington. Minneapolis, MN Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Des Moines, IA Iowa and Nebraska. Lawrence, KS Kansas and Missouri. Springdale, AR Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Dallas, TX Texas. Madison, WI Michigan and Wisconsin. Chicago, IL Pickering, OH, (satellite office) Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana. Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Albany, NY Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Beltsville, MD Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Raleigh, NC North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky. Atlanta, GA Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Jackson, MS Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. (2) Technical Service Center. [63 FR 72354, Dec. 31, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 253, Jan. 5, 2004; 80 FR 75616, Dec. 2, 2015] § 300.4 Organizational terminology; personnel. (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided or required in the context of a particular part of the regulations: Administrator Circuit Supervisor Inspection program, inspection service, program Inspection program employee, inspection service employee, program employee Inspection service supervisor Inspection program supervisor Inspector Inspector in charge IIC Secretary (b) FSIS has replaced the regional office and import field office structure referenced in some parts of subchapter A of this chapter. Authority previously delegated to Regional Directors now is delegated to district managers; authority previously delegated to area supervisors and import supervisors now is delegated to inspection program supervisors in the successor district offices. [69 FR 253, Jan. 5, 2004] § 300.6 Access to establishments and other places of business. (a) General. (1) Persons subject to provisions of the FMIA or the PPIA must afford representatives of the Secretary access to establishments that slaughter or otherwise prepare livestock products or process poultry products and to other places of business subject to regulation thereunder; and (2) Persons subject to provisions of the EPIA must afford representatives of the Secretary access as specified in part 590 of this chapter. (b) Meat and poultry establishments and related industries. (2) At all ordinary business hours, upon presentation of credentials by a representative of the Secretary, any person (including any firm or corporation or other business unit) subject to recordkeeping requirements under section 202 of the FMIA or section 11(b) of the PPIA must permit such representative to enter his or her place of business to examine the facilities and inventory and to examine and copy the records specified in § 320.1 and § 381.175, respectively, of this chapter and, upon payment of the fair market value therefor, take reasonable samples of the inventory. [63 FR 72354, Dec. 31, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 254, Jan. 5, 2004]