(a) An official establishment is authorized to use generically approved labeling, as defined in subsection (c) of this section, without such labeling being submitted for approval to the Department, provided the labeling is in accordance with this section and shows all mandatory features in a prominent manner as required in 9 CFR section 317.2 (2006) and in Directive 7220.1, Food Labeling Division Policy Memoranda, Revision 3 (August 2, 2005), published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service, and is not otherwise false or misleading. Copies of USDA directives and notices may be found at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov.

(b) The Department shall select samples of generically approved labeling from records maintained by official establishments as required in section 909.3 of this article, to determine compliance with labeling requirements.

(c) Generically approved labeling is labeling that complies with the requirements of 9 CFR sections 317.5(b)(1), (2), (4), (7), and (9)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxii), and (xxiii) (2006).