7 CFR § 53.14 - Financial interest of official grader.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s53.14"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 53.14 - Financial interest of official grader."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "53.14"
section_name: "Financial interest of official grader."
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: "53"
part_name: "LIVESTOCK (GRADING, CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 53902, Oct. 4, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "53"
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# 53.14 Financial interest of official grader.

No official grader shall grade or determine compliance of any livestock in which he or any of his relatives by blood or marriage is directly or indirectly financially interested.