7 CFR § 51.52 - Prohibited uses of approved identification.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s51.52"
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title: "7 CFR § 51.52 - Prohibited uses of approved identification."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "51.52"
section_name: "Prohibited uses of approved identification."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT"
part_number: "51"
part_name: "FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND OTHER PRODUCTS (INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
cfr_part: "51"
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# 51.52 Prohibited uses of approved identification.
No label or advertising material used on, or in conjunction with any product, shall bear a brand name, trademark, product name or any other descriptive material that incorporates, resembles, simulates, or alludes to any official U.S. Department of Agriculture grade mark, grade statement, continuous inspection legend, sampling mark or sampling statement, or combination of one or more thereof.
[32 FR 15066, Nov. 1, 1967. Redesignated at 89 FR 106234, Dec. 30, 2024]