---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 537.1"
title: "9"
number: "537.1"
heading: "Basic requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/537.1"
---

# §537.1. Basic requirements.

- (a)
  - (1) Any official establishment that prepares or processes fish or fish products for human food must comply with the requirements contained in [9 CFR parts 416](/cfr/9/part416.md), Sanitation and 417, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter.
  - (2) For the purposes of [9 CFR part 416](/cfr/9/part416.md), Sanitation; [9 CFR part 417](/cfr/9/part417.md), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems; and [9 CFR part 500](/cfr/9/part500.md), Rules of Practice, an “official establishment” or “establishment” includes a plant that prepares or processes fish or fish products.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 21 U.S.C. 601-602, 606-622, 624-695; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 75616, Dec. 2, 2015, unless otherwise noted.