Inspection service
Inspection service means: (1) The performance of sampling pursuant to the regulations in this part; (2) The determination pursuant to the regulations and requirements in this part: (i) Assessing compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to the interstate commerce of fish and fishery products or other marine ingredients for human or animal food; (ii) Identifying the essential characteristics such as style, type, size, or identity of any fish or fishery product or other marine ingredient; or (iii) Assessing the class, quality, and condition of any fish or fishery product or other marine ingredient, including the condition of the container thereof by the examination of appropriate samples; (3) The issuance of any certificates of sampling, inspection certificates, or certificates of loading of a fish or fishery product or other marine ingredient, or any report relative to any of the foregoing; or (4) The performance by an inspector of any related services, such as: (i) Observing the preparation of the product from its raw state through each step in the entire process; (ii) Observing the conditions under which the product is being harvested, prepared, handled, stored, processed, packed, preserved, transported, or held; (iii) Observing the sanitation conditions as a prerequisite to the inspection of the processed product, either on a contract basis or periodic basis; (iv) Check-loading the inspected processed product in connection with the marketing of the product; or (v) Conducting any other type of service of a consultative or advisory nature related herewith as outlined in the NMFS Fishery Products Inspection Manual. Inspector means any employee of the Department authorized by the Secretary or any other person licensed by the Secretary to investigate, sample, inspect, and certify in accordance with the regulations in this part to any interested party the class, quality and condition of processed products covered in this part and to perform related duties in connection with the inspection service.