---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 800.5"
title: "7"
number: "800.5"
heading: "Complaints and reports of alleged violations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/800.5"
---

# §800.5. Complaints and reports of alleged violations.

- (a) **General.** Except as provided in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section, complaints and reports of violations involving the Act or the regulations, standards, and instructions issued under the Act should be filed with the Service in accordance with [§ 1.133](/cfr/7/1.133.md) of the regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture ([7 CFR 1.133](/cfr/7/1.133.md)) and with the regulations and the instructions.
- (b) **Reinspection, review of weighing, and appeal services.** Complaints involving the results of official inspection or Class X or Class Y weighing services shall, to the extent practicable, be submitted as requests for a reinspection service, a review of weighing service, an appeal inspection service, or a Board appeal inspection service as set forth in these regulations.
- (c) **Foreign buyer complaints.** Inquiries or complaints from importers or other purchasers in foreign countries involving alleged discrepancies in the quality or weight of officially inspected or Class X weighed export grain shall, to the extent possible, be submitted by the importers or purchasers to the appropriate U.S. Agricultural Attache in accordance with [§ 2.68(a)(14)](/cfr/7/2.68.md?p=a-14) of the regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture ([7 CFR 2.68(a)(14)](/cfr/7/2.68.md?p=a-14)) and the instructions issued by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 15810, Mar. 11, 1980, as amended at 54 FR 5924, Feb. 7, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15810, Mar. 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 15810, Mar. 11, 1980, as amended at 54 FR 5924, Feb. 7, 1989]