Which statement is true about sanitation regulations?

• A. FSIS requirements are found only in directives
• B. Sanitation Regulations are only in directives
• C. Sanitation Regulations are found in 9 CFR 416.1-416.6
• D. GAD process is irrelevant to sanitation

Answer: (C)

Sanitation regulations are binding rules published in the Code of Federal Regulations, not only in internal guidance. For meat and poultry facilities, those requirements live in 9 CFR 416.1–416.6, which set the sanitation standards and related responsibilities that establishments must follow. Directives are FSIS guidance that helps explain and implement these rules, but they do not carry the same legal force as the CFR. So statements claiming the requirements exist only in directives aren’t correct. The idea that a separate process like GAD is irrelevant to sanitation isn’t the basis for the true point—the actual, enforceable sanitation requirements come from the CFR at 9 CFR 416.1–416.6.