---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 591.1"
title: "9"
number: "591.1"
heading: "Basic requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/591.1"
---

# §591.1. Basic requirements.

- (a) All official plants must comply with the sanitation requirements contained in [part 416](/cfr/9/part416.md) of this chapter, Sanitation, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
- (b) All official plants must comply with the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems requirements contained in [part 417](/cfr/9/part417.md) of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
- (c) For the purposes of this chapter, [parts 416](/cfr/9/part416.md), Sanitation, 417, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems, and 500, Rules of Practice, an official establishment or establishment includes an official plant.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 1031-1056; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 68685, Oct. 29, 2020, unless otherwise noted.