7 CFR § 56.37 - Lot marking of officially identified shell eggs.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s56.37"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 56.37 - Lot marking of officially identified shell eggs."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "56.37"
section_name: "Lot marking of officially identified shell eggs."
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: "56"
part_name: "VOLUNTARY GRADING OF SHELL EGGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
cfr_part: "56"
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# 56.37 Lot marking of officially identified shell eggs.
Shell eggs identified with the grademarks shown in § 56.36 shall be legibly lot numbered on either the individual egg, the carton, or the consumer package. The lot number shall be the consecutive day of the year on which the eggs were packed (e.g., 132), except other lot numbering systems may be used when submitted in writing and approved by the Administrator.
[35 FR 5664, Apr. 8, 1970. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, as amended at 46 FR 39570, Aug. 4, 1981. Redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended at 60 FR 12402, Mar. 7, 1995; 63 FR 13331, Mar. 19, 1998; 69 FR 76376, Dec. 21, 2004]