---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 500.4"
title: "9"
number: "500.4"
heading: "Withholding action or suspension with prior notification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/500.4"
---

# §500.4. Withholding action or suspension with prior notification.


FSIS may take a withholding action or impose a suspension after an establishment is provided prior notification and the opportunity to demonstrate or achieve compliance because:

- (a) The HACCP system is inadequate, as specified in [§ 417.6](/cfr/9/417.6.md) of this chapter, due to multiple or recurring noncompliances;
- (b) The Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures have not been properly implemented or maintained as specified in [§§ 416.13 through 416.16](/cfr/9/416.13..416.16.md) of this chapter;
- (c) The establishment has not maintained sanitary conditions as prescribed in [§§ 416.2-416.8](/cfr/9/416.2-416.8.md) of this chapter due to multiple or recurring noncompliances;
- (d) The establishment did not collect and analyze samples for Escherichia coli Biotype I and record results in accordance with [§ 310.25(a)](/cfr/9/310.25.md?p=a) or [§ 381.94(a)](/cfr/9/381.94.md?p=a) of this chapter;
- (e) The establishment did not meet the Salmonella performance standard requirements prescribed in [§ 310.25(b)](/cfr/9/310.25.md?p=b) or [§ 381.94(b)](/cfr/9/381.94.md?p=b) of this chapter.

## Notes

### 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.