7 CFR § 57.426 - Retention.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s57.426"
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title: "7 CFR § 57.426 - Retention."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "57.426"
section_name: "Retention."
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)"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 1031-1056."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 69968, Dec. 17, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
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# 57.426 Retention.

Retention tags or other devices and methods as may be approved by the Administrator shall be used for the identification and control of products which are not in compliance with the regulations or are held for further examination. No product, shall be released for use until it has been made acceptable. Such identification shall not be removed by anyone other than an inspector.

[63 FR 69968, Dec. 17, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 57168, Sept. 24, 2004]