---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1212.4"
title: "7"
number: "1212.4"
heading: "Department."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1212.4"
---

# §1212.4. Department.


“Department” means the United States Department of Agriculture, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated, to act in the Secretary's stead.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 73 FR 29397, May 21, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411-7425; 7 U.S.C. 7401.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 11472, Mar. 3, 2008, unless otherwise noted.