7 CFR § 57.350 - Procedures for selecting appeal samples.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s57.350"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 57.350 - Procedures for selecting appeal samples."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "57.350"
section_name: "Procedures for selecting appeal samples."
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: "57"
part_name: "INSPECTION OF EGGS (EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 1031-1056."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 69968, Dec. 17, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "57"
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# 57.350 Procedures for selecting appeal samples.
(a) Products shall not have been moved from the place where the inspection being appealed was performed and must have been maintained under adequate refrigeration when applicable.
(b) The appeal sample shall consist of product taken from the original sample containers plus an equal number of containers selected at random. When the original samples are not available or have been altered, such as removing the undergrades, the sample size shall be double the number of samples required in 7 CFR 56.4.
[63 FR 69968, 69971, Dec. 17, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 57167, Sept. 24, 2004]