---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 304.3"
title: "9"
number: "304.3"
heading: "Conditions for receiving inspection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/304.3"
---

# §304.3. Conditions for receiving inspection.

- (a) Before being granted Federal inspection, an official establishment or an official import inspection establishment must have developed written Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, as required by [part 416](/cfr/9/part416.md) of this chapter, and written recall procedures as required by [part 418](/cfr/9/part418.md) of this chapter.
- (b) Before being granted Federal inspection, an establishment shall have conducted a hazard analysis and developed and validated a HACCP plan, as required by §§ [417.2](/cfr/9/417.2.md) and [417.4](/cfr/9/417.4.md) of this chapter. A conditional grant of inspection shall be issued for a period not to exceed 90 days, during which period the establishment must validate its HACCP plan.
- (c) Before producing new product for distribution in commerce, an establishment shall have conducted a hazard analysis and developed a HACCP plan applicable to that product in accordance with [§ 417.2](/cfr/9/417.2.md) of this chapter. During a period not to exceed 90 days after the date the new product is produced for distribution in commerce, the establishment shall validate its HACCP plan, in accordance with [§ 417.4](/cfr/9/417.4.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 38864, July 25, 1996, as amended at 77 FR 26936, May 8, 2012; 79 FR 56232, Sept. 19, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

### Amendments

[61 FR 38864, July 25, 1996, as amended at 77 FR 26936, May 8, 2012; 79 FR 56232, Sept. 19, 2014]