---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 439.53"
title: "9"
number: "439.53"
heading: "Revocation of accreditation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/439.53"
---

# §439.53. Revocation of accreditation.


A laboratory will have its accreditation revoked from the program if suspension status is not rectified. The accreditation of a laboratory will also be revoked for the following reasons:

- (a) An accredited laboratory will have its accreditation revoked if the Administrator determines that the laboratory or any responsibly connected individual or any agent or employee has:
  - (1) Altered any official sample or analytical finding; or
  - (2) **Substituted any analytical result from any other laboratory and represented the result as its own.**
- (b) An accredited laboratory will have its accreditation revoked if the laboratory or any individual or entity responsibly connected with the laboratory is convicted in a Federal or State court of any of the following violations of law. A laboratory must notify the ALP within 30 calendar days if any of these situations occur.
  - (1) **Any felony.**
  - (2) Any misdemeanor based upon acquiring, handling, or distributing of unwholesome, misbranded, or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food.
  - (3) **Any misdemeanor based upon a false statement to any governmental agency.**
  - (4) **Any misdemeanor based upon the offering, giving or receiving of a bribe or unlawful gratuity.**

## Notes

### Authority

AUTHORITY: 7 U.S.C. 138f, 450, 1901-1906, 1622(o); 21 U.S.C. 451-470, 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 51864, Aug. 24, 2022, unless otherwise noted.