---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 500.2"
title: "9"
number: "500.2"
heading: "Regulatory control action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/500.2"
---

# §500.2. Regulatory control action.

- (a) FSIS may take a regulatory control action because of:
  - (1) Insanitary conditions or practices;
  - (2) Product adulteration or misbranding;
  - (3) Conditions that preclude FSIS from determining that product is not adulterated or misbranded; or
  - (4) **Inhumane handling or slaughtering of livestock.**
- (b) If a regulatory control action is taken, the program employee will immediately notify the establishment orally or in writing of the action and the basis for the action.
- (c) An establishment may appeal a regulatory control action, as provided in §§ [306.5](/cfr/9/306.5.md), [381.35](/cfr/9/381.35.md), and [590.310](/cfr/9/590.310.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 66546, Nov. 29, 1999, as amended at 85 FR 68672, Oct. 29, 2020; 85 FR 81340, Dec. 16, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 451-470, 601-695, 1031-1056; 7 U.S.C. 450, 1901-1906; (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. ); 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 66546, Nov. 29, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 66546, Nov. 29, 1999, as amended at 85 FR 68672, Oct. 29, 2020; 85 FR 81340, Dec. 16, 2020]