OAR 603-029-1555: Regulatory Control Action

(1) The Department may take a regulatory control action because of: (a) Insanitary conditions or practices; (b) Meat product adulteration or misbranding; (c) Conditions that preclude the Department from determining that the meat product is not adulterated or misbranded; or (d) Inhumane handling or slaughtering of livestock. (2) If a regulatory control action is taken, an inspector will immediately notify the state-inspected establishment orally and in writing of the action and the basis for the action. (3) A state-inspected establishment may challenge a regulatory control action by requesting that a supervisor review the propriety of the regulatory control action.